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Volume VI.

Number 7.

THE

College Forum.

SEPTEMBER, 1893.

. CONTENTS: * .

di torials 33.35

Good of a College Education .... 35, 36

ur New Teacher 36

Farewell Service 36

-Women in Colleges 36, 37

Higher Education of Women 37-39

Honored 39

Gift for the Museum 39

vollege Directory 40

-lokosmian Literary Society 40

Our Alumni 40 41

Personals and Locals 41

For Ambitious Boys 41

Wedded in Elizabethtown 43

The Mighty Dollar 42

College Day Collections 43

Bible Study 43

The Analytical and Psychological in Teach-

™S 43-46

Advertisements 47, 48

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EDITORS.

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Efcttortal.

Welcome to the new students.

Arrangements have been made to have
special Bible work under the direction of
the Y. W. C. A., and Y. M. C. A.

The lecture course for the winter prom-
ises to be one of unusual interest. The
Went is not all secured, so the announce-
ment can not be made till our next issue.

A class in the Bible Normal Union has
been organized. Since the organization
°f the work in the College, in 1887, fifty-
ei ght ladies and gentlemen have completed
toe course.

have heard so many reasons given
for the depression of business that it
w °ukl cause a feeling of relief if some of
toe wise (?) Senators would attempt a solu-

tion, instead of thwarting the will of their
constituents by their braying.

The Lincoln monument, unveiled in
Edinburgh, August 21, ult., in memory
of Scottish-American soldiers, and sub-
scribed for by American citizens, pri-
marily through the instrumentality of Hon
Wallace Bruce, is a fitting tribute of Ameri-
can liberality and fraternal good will.

Rush and hurrah are no indications of
greatness. The lazy man never succeeds.
Because of the mere fact of his being lazy,
there is no personal effort, and he always
waits for something to turn up, instead of
turning up something. To think that fits
and starts, first this and then that, will
make a scholar, a business man, or give
eminence, one would do well to recall the
story of the tortoise and the hare. Work,
thought and persistance, will bring suc-
cess, if success is ever to be yours.

The three leading signs of the return to
prosperity or rather public confidence,
are that banks are discounting paper as
formerly and gold is flowing into the
treasury, that of reviving industry and
improved financial condition throughout
the country, and lastly that of travel.

When the panic was the greatest, trunk
lines were almost deserted, and even trains
which for years were run with profit had
to be taken off. If the action of the House
in passing the repeal of the silver purchase
act, has done so much to restore public
confidence and start the wheels of industry
and to restore the trains that were with-
drawn, what might we expect if the Senate
would cease school boy " says" and vote ?

THE COLLEGE FORUM.

The opening of our Fall term this year
was attended with a great deal of interest.
The number of new students, notwith-
standing the stringency of the times, being
larger than usual. This is no doubt largely
due to the fact that earnest canvassing was
done during the past vacation. The Presi-
dent visited nearly all the camp meetings
held in Eastern Pennsylvania, under the
auspices of the United Brethren church
and publicly talked on the subject of Col-
lege work and education at six of these
meetings. At some of them he was as-
sisted by associate professors and gradu-
ates of the institution.

The devotional exercises held on Tues-
da} r morning were conducted b}' President
Bierman, who, after the singing of an ap-
propriate hymn, read a part of the fifth
chapter of the gospel by Matthew, and
offered an earnest prayer, invoking God's
blessing upon teacher, student, the work
and the College.

This was followed by a brief address of
welcome, advice and congratulation. Wel-
come to these halls of learning, to the
elevating influences of college life and its
associations and to the professors' instruc-
tion. Advice to lay aside all other inter-
ests and do the work of a student, to
choose the best associate and labor to
benefit him and be benefitted by him and
above all to seek and to know God. Con-
gratulation to the student, in being per-
mitted to be a sharer of these privileges
and to be honored with the enrollment of
his name in the College register. The
address was well received.

Since the opening, the work has been
moving on pleasantly and new names are
being enrolled weekly. The attendance of
students for this term promises to be fully
as good as last year.

In a suggestive address recently de-
livered before the literary societies of one
of our neighboring colleges, extracts of
which are found on another page of the
Forum, Judge Gordon presents an aspect

of the use and value of the higher educa-
tion of women, too often overlooked and
indeed too much forgotten.

In regard to such an education, as he
truthfully says, the assumption is that it
is intended to fit women for those occu-
pations and pursuits usually followed by
men.

Many of these are practically closed to
the entrance of an}- large number of women,
and in the home life a woman is as a usual
thing made to feel that her education and
training has largely left her with desires,
ambitions and aspirations which she can-
not gratify.

Too many women awake to the fact that
after having acquired the round of knowl-
edge, presented in a liberal course, their
education is without direct use. The
learned judge, however, very forcibly
points out the fact that nothing could be
less true.

The social condition of men and women
is what women choose to make it. A
woman, particularly a young woman, can
always command from men about her, the
manner, the intellectual interest and atti-
tude she chooses to demand. If she in-
sists upon it, society will call for a higher
intellectual life. What is true of the social
contact of men and women, is also true of
the whole framework of society. Educated
women can transform it if they but address
themselves to it. The cure for many of
the evils of our day is in woman's own
hands, and a 3 r oung lady can put her edu-
cation to no better use than to carry it
fearlessly into societ}', and demand for it
there a recognition of its worth accord-
ing to the same criterion by which men
recognize the same attainments among
each other. A single educated woman
began some years ago to agitate in due
time, organized and secured effective legis-
lation to give to the great city of New
York its present street cleaning act. ur
country is full of problems and reforms m
sanitation, education, charity and multi-
plied other interests, which call loudly f° r

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solution, and offer a field for usefulness
and operation to the trained and educated
women of to-day. We confidently believe
that if our educated women will seriously
set themselves to work, the many sug
gested, practical reforms in the judge's
interesting address may be satisfactorily
solved. The extensive experience in pub
lie affairs and on the bench renders Judge
Gordon's address a valuable contribution
to the discussion of this important prob-
lem — the higher education of women.

The Good of a College Education.

The young man who is trying to decide
whether it is better for him to give four
years of his early life to obtaining a col-
lege training will doubtless get a variety
of opinions, from those he consults, on
both sides of the question. Those who
wish to discourage him will point to the
great number of men who have achieved
a larger or smaller degree of success in
their different callings without having
gone to college, while those who would
bring him to an affirmative decision will
dilate on the mental discipline and train-
ing he will get from a four years' course
of study. But what will be of much
more service to the young man is to have
it demonstrated whether a college educa-
tion will add to his chances of winning
success in whatever career he may choose.

In deciding this important question
some pertinent information was given in
a recent article in the Forum on " College
men first among successful citizens." A
Cyclopaedia of American Biography con-
taining the biographies of 15,142 persons
was made the basis of the test, on the
ground that "the book is supposed to
represent the most conspicuous 15,000
persons of American history." So the
percentage of college-bred men among
those who have been thought worthy of
a place in this biography when compared
w ith the percentage which the number of
j&en who have gained the same distinc-
«on bears to all those who have not been
j° college will give a very fair showing of
flow much a college education helps a
in life. It was found that of the
°'142 persons mentioned in the biog-
j^Pbical cyclopaedia 5326 are college
bre d, or a little over one-third. The
^mber of people who have lived in this

countiy since its settlement by white
men is placed at 100,200,000 and the
number of college graduates at 200,000.
It is evident then that of the 100,000,000
who have not been to college only 9816
have achieved distinction, while of the
200,000 who have been to college 5326
have become eminent.

Any schoolboy can work out that
"sum." It simply proves that while
among men not college-bred one person
in 10,000 has a chance of achieving such
success in his life's career as will entitle
him to a place in a collection of biog-
raphies of eminent persons, one man in
everj- forty among the college-bred has
the same chance. So the relation which
forty bears to 10,000 seems to measure
the help a college education gives a man
in winning success in life. This can be
shown in another way. Business is sup-
posed to be the calling in which success
depends the least upon a college training.
And yet of the successful business men
mentioned in the biographical cyclopaedia
17 per cent, were college bred. There is
no means of knowing the whole number
of business men, but he would be a rash
statistician who should claim that It per
cent, of those not college-bred have
achieved the same success.

A college education cannot supply what
is lacking. It simply develops what is
present. The basis, the groundwork,
must be there, and a collegiate training
can only help to draw it out. This is
why so large a proportion of men without
the discipline a college gives have been
able to win success in life. They had the
talent, and the discipline of practical life
developed them. But their success came
later and their usefulness was more re-
stricted than it would have been if they
had had the advantage of a thorough
college training. Force is added to the
argument in favor of a college education
when the newness of the country is con-
sidered as well as the great amount of
pioneer work that had to be done. Young
men had to begin the practical duties of
life early. The transit from the public
school to the farm, the counting room,
the lawyer's office, has been an indispensa-
bly brief one. In this view of the subject
it is a matter for wonder that so large a
percentage of eminent Americans were
college-bred.

But as the country grows older and the
demand for better equipped men becomes

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stronger the percentage of men bred in
college among those considered worthy of
a place in a biographical cyclopaedia will
rapidly increase. If such a work is com-
piled at the end of the next fifty years and
it includes the men who have achieved
distinction during that time it will prob-
ably be found that 80 per cent, of the
clergymen, instead of 58 per cent., as now,
are college bred, 70 per cent, of the
lawyers instead of 50 per cent., 60 per
cent, of statesmen instead of 33 per cent.,
65 per cent, of authors instead of 37 per
cent., and 70 per cent, of journalists
instead of 30 per cent., as now, are college-
bred. These facts may help a young man
in doubt about deciding whether it is his
duty to himself to take a college educa-
tion.

Our New Teacher.

The Annville Journal speaks thus of
the new addition to the Faculty of the
College :

" We are pleased to state that the au-
thorities of the College have added a new
teacher to the Faculty to take the place of
Miss Dittmar in the person of Miss Ger-
trude Albertson of Atlantic City, New
Jersey.

" Miss Albertson comes with the highest
testimonials for competency in her work.
After graduating in a literary and musical
course, in one of.our Eastern schools, she
took post-graduate work in Music, Art and
Elocution under private tutors in the Na-
tional Academy of Design, the Cooper
Union Institute, and the Art Students'
League in New York City.

" With these equipments and an experi-
ence of four years as instructor we be-
speak for Miss Albertson a brilliant suc-
cess here and congratulate our friends of
the College upon their wisdom in selecting
one so eminently fitted for the position."

Farewell Service.

Interesting Event in the U. B. Sabbath School.

In connection with the Sunday School
session of the Second TJ. B. Sabbath School
yesterday afternoon, a farewell service
was held, in recognition of the departure
of three of the young people of the Second
U. B. Church, to enter upon a college
coarse at Lebanon Valley College, Ann-
ville, Pa. These young people are Miss
Carrie Klinedinst and Miss Mellie Forten-
baugh, who intends entering upon a course
of music and voice culture ; and Mr. Wil-

liam M. Beattie, who will complete a
classical course preparatory to entering
the ministry. These young people are
worthy members of the above church.
Miss Klinedinst and Mr. Beattie are mem-
bers of the Sabbath school. These fare-
well services consisted of addresses inter-
spersed with appropriate songs. The
Superintendent, Mr. Daniel Lehn, spoke of
the relation of these young people to the
church and Sabbath school, and especially
of the character of their service and faith-
fulness in attending the various services
of the church. Miss Klinedinst and Mi
Beattie spoke of the benefits and blessings
the Sabbath school is to them. The pastor,
Rev. C. A. Burtner, spoke to the school
and these young people with respect to the
importance of the work they were about
to enter upon and of the necessity of them
being true to themselves and their Lord.
After prayer by the pastor, invoking the
divine blessings upon them and the school
and the singing of " God be with you till
we meet again," the services closed.

Miss Klinedinst led the Young People's
meeting and read an excellent paper on
" Why seek knowledge," and Mr. Beattie
sang a solo. These young people left on
the 10:52 train to-day, for college, with the
benedictions and prayers of a host of
friends to attend them.— York Dispatch.

Women and Colleges.

Those who inspect the statistical charts
and the bound volume of historical and
educational monograms contributed by
the women of Massachusetts to the Chi-
cago Fair will gain a new idea of what
women have done for the cause of higher
education. The facts contained will he a
revelation to most people, who have only
an inadequate idea of what women have
accomplished in this way. One of the
most extraordinary showings is the table
containing a list of the sums of money
given to Massachusetts colleges by women-
It is as follows : —

Harvard University $1,201,503 98

Institute of Technology. . . 203,525 OJ

Williams College 132,071

Boston University 90,296

Amherst College ? 9,000 «

Smith College 411

Harvard Annex 100,000

Mt. Holvoke 94 < 52 °

Tufts College 155,750

*Wellesley College 211,000

♦Combined gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Durant.

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Here is a total of $2,328,078.18, a muni-
ficent sum and larger hy many thousands
than the total gifts made to all the col-
leges in some of the oldest States. Har-
vard University received more than half
of this amount, and yet that institution
has onty recently admitted young women
to its courses, and even now does not
give them the same advantages as } T oung
men. To President Eliot's request that
women contribute $500,000 to endow the
woman's annex of Harvard University it
might be pertinent to ask why it would
not be right to use for this purpose a
part of the $1,200,000 given by women in
past years to the funds of the university.
The scholarships, the botanic garden, the
divinity school, the library and the de-
partments that have been enriched by this
bounty of women show how well they can
discriminate in their gifts.

This does not include all, however, that
women have done for education in Massa-
chusetts. Public libraries have received
gifts amounting to $681,196, and public
and industrial sehools have been given
$122,000. Another way in which educa-
tion has been aided by women is by gifts
to the free kindergartens, which have re-
ceived $344,579. Even this does not
cover all the money women have given to
aid others in getting an education, many
being too modest to allow the amount of
their gifts to be known, but it is enough
to show how strong an interest women
have taken in colleges and education.
This interest is not of recent origin,
either. As early as 1664 Bridget Wynds
gave Harvard College £4, and in 1718
Mme. Hutchinson gave the same institu-
tion £10. These sums look small beside
the recent bequests to Harvard of $220,-
000 by Mrs. Elizabeth Fogg and $160,925
by Mrs. Ellen Gurney. But it is the
spirit and the ability and not the size of
the donation that measures the value of
the gift.

It is a long call from the earliest of
these expressions of woman's interest in
education to the present time, when col-
leges are opening their doors to female
students and placing them on the same
level with male students. All have not
^one this, but some have and the others
w ill be compelled to follow. The results
jtf College training for women have more
^an justified the efforts made, and swept
Si^ay most of the prejudice that once ex-
ited against the higher intellectual train-

ing of women. The New York Sun not
long ago gave the following illustration
of what a college-bred woman can do. It
said : " One college woman in New York,
wife of a busy physician, does all her
husband's reading for him, both of current
literature and medical publications. With
the trained intelligence peculiar to the
thoroughly educated woman, she grasps
the salient points of the articles and in a
few words gives them to him at dinner or
in the afternoon drive."

With such a proof of how a college-bred
woman can enter into an intelligent part-
nership with her husband, and the proof
given in the exhibit at Chicago of the
liberality of women toward colleges, there
will be a general agreement that the day
has passed when the demand for equal
facilities for the higher education of
women can be brushed aside as unworthy
of notice. — The Press.

Higher Education of Women.

Judge James G. Gordon, of Philadel-
phia, in a recent address on the " Higher
Education of Women," used the following
sensible words :

After pointing out that women were
now receiving an education at many
points equal to that of men, Judge Gor-
don showed that under existing conditions
women thus educated found themselves
shut out from the wider activities of life
and shut in to its social and domestic
life, in which are obstacles, the lingering
results of centuries of prejudice and in-
justice, still dominate our laws and social
customs. These operate in many in-
stances to destroy the beneficial effect of
education and are thus used as an argu-
ment against education itself. Judge
Gordon fixed the main fault where it be-
longs — upon false and unjust discrimina-
tion made against women by existing
social conditions, but he urged that the
cure is in the hands of women because
society is what women make it and con-
tinued :

" I know of no better use to which a
young lady can put her education than to
carry it fearlessly into society and de-
mand for it there a recognition of its
work according to the same criterion by
which men recognize the same attainments
among each other. I know the value of
formal manners. I know how necessary
they are to smooth the ways and preserve

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the proprieties of social intercourse be-
tween the sexes. But formality does not
require continual insincerity. Oh ! how
it will sweeten and purify and invigorate
society when well-educated young women,
self-reliant, sensible and high minded, de-
mand that its tone shall be raised to their
best capacity and not lowered to their
supposed weaknesses.

TOO MUCH NONSENSE.

Why should men be permitted to leave
off talking sense when they leave the
company of men, and insist upon talking
only nonsense or folly to women ? It is
the fault of the women if they do. If
that is the sort of treatment she regards
as adoration she is easily pleased. The
men will be glad to continue in a line
which makes so little demand upon their
own resources. This much at least a
woman can do : she can direct the course
and tone and topics of conversation. I
know it requires some courage to do this.
It will not be without protest that men
will surrender such a vantage ground,
that serves at once as a point for attack
and a covert for their own defects. The
resistance, however, will not last long.
A ladj T commands by her manner and re-
buffs without bandying words. Having
once recognized society on the basis that
she shall be treated as a reasonable being
and not a vapid popinjay, the woman of
higher education has won the battle for
her sex. She has carried the last redoubt
of opposition. All outstanding questions
as to the status of her sex will be deter-
mined in the first instance in the social
circle. The laws will simply register the
decrees of society.

Here is the field for the activity of
young ladies who like those before me go
into the world endowed with the high
privileges and equipped with the advan-
tages of higher education.

The exclusion of women from electoral
privileges and official duties in the Repub-
lic has resulted in her withdrawal from
active interest in or intelligent knowledge
of politics. It is regarded as somewhat
of a shame for a woman to be interested
or informed upon such questions. I am
sorry to say that in this respect her
severest critics are her own sex. The
woman of higher education should change
all this. True, she cannot vote and can-
not hold office, but theoretically she is
said to be represented in both these
functions through her influence upon her

father, husband, brother and male friends.
Very well, be it so. Then let her be
equipped by education for the exercise of
this influeuce intelligently and wisely.
Above all, let her exercise it by all means.

THINGS SHE OUGHT TO KNOW.

The woman of higher education should
count the shame to be in not being inter-
ested in or informed about public affairs.
How potential for good will be her in-
fluence if she but have the tact and
courage to use her equipment of know-
ledge to its best advantage. Is not her
competence as great, her honor as high
and her patriotism as earnest as that of
the frequenters of the bar-room and of the
hordes of foreigners who never exercised
a political privilege in their native land
and who can neither read nor write, but
who happen to have the distinction of
being males ? "Who has greater stake in
these subjects than woman ? Public
questions are not determined in this
country at the ballot box, or in the Leg-
islature, or in the Cabinets of executives.
They are settled by public opinion, and
these others but register its judgment.
And who makes public opinion ? Who
has made it in the past and who can make
it still more largely in the future?
Woman. The greatest event in the politi-
cal history of our land, the mightiest ex-
hibition of moral sentiment this or any
country has yet seen, is due in a large
degree to the influence of woman operat-
ing upon public opinion. The War of the
Rebellion and the emancipation of the
slaves was the outgrowth of agitation
carried on to a great extent by women.
Read the names of any meeting of the
early Abolitionists, and see the enormous
preponderance of that sex. In its initial
stages the Abolition movement was a
woman's movement almost exclusively;
and when laws, judicial decisions, the
press, the pulpit, wealth and society were
all on the side of slavery, those who
brooked odium most bravely, and labored
most persistently and intelligently against
all these influences were a band of noble
women supported by a few notable men.
And let me say further that the women
were almost exclusively such as had been
infected with the virus of higher education

woman's duty.
What they accomplished upon the ques-
tion of slavery their sisters of to-day can
accomplish upon other public questions-

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It did not demean them, and it will not
demean these. The question of the ballot
will take care of itself and will be settled
in due time, probably a little overdue.
The duty of woman is to accept her
present situation as it is, and by the in-
telligent and full discharge of her duty as
a molder of public opinion to show her
fitness for any other responsibility or right
the public may impose or confer. It re-
quires often as much courage to defy a
social custom as the soldier dispLny^s in
battle. There is inspiration, however, in
the touch of elbows. Educated young
women should therefore act in this matter
with common intent and give each other
countenance. With the increasing number
of scholarly young ladies yearly graduated
from our seminaries, they can if they will
but use their power soon work a reforma-
tion in the tone and standards of society
that will be of inestimable value to woman
and to the world. It may be true that
li the hand that rocks the cradle rules the
world," but it is not by rocking only that
it rules. The proverb is true, but its cant
is purely masculine. It is by molding
manners, stimulating virtue, exalting
honor, inculcating religion, and sweeten-
ing and purifying all the springs of life
and action that she rules. And how can
she do this in the most effective manner
except by herself being educated, refined
and cultivated ? Let her repel, however,
in the first instance, and always, that hu-
miliating patronage by which men in so-
ciety treat her merely as the votary of
pleasure and the prize of gallantry.

THE ALL-IMPORTANT QUESTION.

All the other questions relating to her
position in the life of the world are depen-
dent on this and will be settled by it. It
may seem like a simple solution for prob-
lems that have for ages been treated as
difficult, intricate and profund, but in my
judgment it is the conclusion of the whole
matter. Her higher education will then
fee the key that will open to her all doors
of industry, usefulness and activity — for
which her natural capacities and increased
a »d increasing attainments fit her. Neither
will the subtle graces of her sex be marred
W the changed conditions. If the charms
°f beauty and the lovliness of gentle and
tender womanhood can survive the do-
mestic drudgery and lowly and ill-requited
t°il, to which for so long she has been con-
ned, why will they not withstand like-
wise all harm from those occupations that

require intelligence, skill, learning and cul-
ture ? Is any form of honest labor igno-
ble ? Is ignorance ever a fit setting for
beauty, or does it adorn gentleness and
sympathy.

And men will everywhere be helped and
exalted by the enlarged sphere and higher
development of women. The finer senti-
ments that ennoble life will be more per-
petually present where woman is. Power
will be more gentle ; law more humane ;
charity will be more widespread ; sympa-
thy more impartial ; habits will be more
refined ; conversation more instructive ;
force will mean less; love will mean more.
Who shall estimate the benefits of so great
a change? All the problems that perplex
statesmen and social reformers seem to me
trivial compared with this. In the just'
relation of woman to society and the state
is involved to my mind the great and fun-
damental question-for civilization and hu-
manity. Higher education will solve it,
if anj^thing human can.

Honored.

The gratifying intelligence came to us
some time ago that Mr. D. Albert Kreider,
Class of 1892, who spent last year in the
post-graduate department of Yale Uni-
versity, New Haven, Conn., and at the
end of the year won a prize of $100 for
meritorious work, is now appointed an
assistant in chemistry in said institution.
He will assume the duties of this position
early in October, and at the same time
continue his post-graduate work.

A Gift for the Museum.

Mr. Geo. R. Ross, of Lebanon, recently
gave his entire herbarium to the College.
Besides many rare species from adjoining
counties, Mr. Ross's collection includes
over five hundred specimens of the flora
of Lebanon county. The specimens are
carefully mounted and are in a good state
of preservation. The gift is one of much
value and speaks well for its careful and
enthusiastic collector.

The new president of the Sabbath School
Board of our church, Ex-President 0. J.
Kephart, resides at Lebanon, Pa. It
would make him rejoice if at ever}^ charge
in his conference there would be a class
in Bible Normal Union. Can it not be
done ?

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College Directory.
Faculty.

E. BENJ. BIERMAN, A. M., Ph. D.,

PRESIDENT,

Professor of Mental and Moral Science.
H. CLAY DEANER, A. M.,
Professor of the Latin Language.
JOHN E. LEHMAN, A. M.,
Professor of Mathematics.
Rev. JNO. A. McDERMAD, A. M.,
Professor of the Greek Language.
JOHN A. SHOTT, Ph. B.,
Professor of Natural Science.
MARY E. SLEICHTER, A. B.,
Professor of English Literature.

CARRIE M. FLINT,
Professor of Instrumental Music.
GERTRUDE ALBERTSON.
Professor of Harmony and Fine Art.
HARVEY D. MILLER, B. S.,
Teacher of the Violin.

Literary Societies.

CLIONIAN.
Miss ANNA E. WILSON, President.
Miss ELLA PENNYP ACKER, Secretary.

KALOZETEAN.
SHERIDAN GARMAN, President.
GEO. A. L. KINDT, Secretary.
PHILOKOSMIAN.
D. S. ESHLEMAN, President.
GEO. H. STEIN, Secretary.
T. M. C. A.
GEO. K. HARTMAN, President.
HARRY W. MAYER, Secretary.

Y. W. C. A.
Miss MAGGIE STRICKLER,
Miss ESTELLA STEHMAN.

Philokosmian Literary Society.

Esse Quam Videri.

Vacation days have passed.

The universal verdict of the members is
that they were far too short ; but the
time has come when we must again as-
sume the duties which fall to the lot of
the student. The first session of our
society, which was held on the eve of the
3rd inst., was a very pleasant one. Al-
though we were inclined to regret the
fact that our vacation was so brief, we
felt as if we had again returned home, as
we assembled in our accustomed place.

The programme was well rendered, the
members having made better preparation
than is usually done for the first session
of the term.

We were also pleased with the large
number of visitors present as well as
with the encouraging remarks which they
gave us.

They were the following : Messrs. D.
A. Kreider, Albert, Henry, Yoe, Wallace,
Buddinger, Boj-er, Runkel, Beattie, Gar-
ber and Hoverter. Two of these gentle-
men, Messrs. Garber and Runkel, have
already joined our ranks, and we expect
more to follow.

Mr. Albert, who had been attending the
College several years ago and had then
become a Philo, expects to take active
part in society work.

Several of our members have not yet
returned to school.

J. H. Maysilles is now at the World's
Fair, and Messrs. Huber and W. H.
Kreider have recently returned from a
visit to the same place. During vacation
the societ} r had several very able repre-
sentatives in the field as canvassers,
among whom were Messrs. Huber, Hoer-
ner, Hartman, Wallace and Wingerd.

Our work thus far has been encourag-
ing, and we look forward hopeful of good
results from our efforts during the year.

Our Alumni.

'72. Rev. J. W. Etter, D. D., was elected
editor of the Sunday School Literature of
the II. B. Church, by the General Confer-
ence in May last.

'72. Rev. John H. Graybill, A. M., of
Pittsburg, is temporarily supplying the
pulpit of the Rev. Robert E. Carter, Pres-
byterian church, Lebanon.

'74. Hiram E. Steinmetz, A. M., is one
of the lay delegates to the next annual
session of the East Pennsylvania Confer-
ence.

'77. George W. Hursh, A. M., M. D., is
now connected with one of the hospitals
in the city of Chicago, 111.

'80. Miss Alice K. Gingrich, M. A., takes
the position of Professor in Music in San
Joaquin Yalley College, Woodbridge, Cal-
ifornia.

'81. Rev. S. K. Wine, A. M., was re-
cently elected principal of Fostoria
Academy, Fostoria, Ohio.

'84. Glossbrenner W. Hanger, a. m
now fills a position in the Interior De*

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partment that commands a salary of $2,800
a year.

'90. Prof. Wm. H. Kindt, A. M.. is now
principal of the Public High School, Mid-
clletown, Pa.

'90. James T. Spangler, A. B., was re-
cently married to a lady of Johnstown,
Pa. He continues his studies at the IT. B.
Seminary the coming year.

'91. John Wilson Owen, B. S., has re-
cently taken charge of one of the public
schools near Waynesboro, Pa,

'92. Miss Florence R. Brindle is the
popular organist of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church at Shamokin, Pa.

'93. John L. Meyer, A. B., and Samuel
T. Meyer, A. B., are now employed as
teachers in the public schools of North
Annville. At a recent examination held
by County Superintendent Snoke, John -
L. Meyer spelled correctly every word
dictated and made a certificate of 12£.
Samuel T., is better by one-fourth, his
certificate counting 12^.

'93. Horace W. Crider, B. S., is making
arrangements to enter the stationery busi-
ness. He spent a few days at the College
during the opening week of the present
term.

Personals and Locals.

Mr. J onas Garber, of Salunga, who over
twenty-five years ago was a student in the
College, brought his son to College this
term.

Rev. Hutzler, of Lancaster, conducted
chapel service on the 18th inst.

A number of residents of Annville are
availing themselves of the privileges of
the library by paying the yearly dues.

There is an effort being made to open a
reading room in town.

Mr. Charles Henry, of this place, a
former student, has entered Yale, in the
Department of Law.

A number of students were delayed at
Jhe World's Fair, and some were side-
cached on their way home. Their mate-
rialization has caused much joy and manv
a good hand shake.

Mr. H. Lenich Meyer, '94, will teach
the "young ideas how to shoot" during
lll e winter, and will enter regularly next
spring. He is principal of the schools of

Mr. Samuel Huber, '94, in canvassing
! °r the " Chautauquan Desk" during the
past summer, excelled all students of
AV of the colleges that ever canvassed
0r it. The firm speaks in most flattering

terms of his ability. L. V. C. is at the
head. Her students are always among
the front and welcome competition.

Dr. E. D. Marshall, the popular plrysi-
cian among the boys, has beautified his
home and fitted it up with all the modern
conveniences.

The property adjacent to Kinports &
Shenk's store has been purchased hy the
Annville National Bank, upon which they
will build a handsome banking house next
spring.

The Lawn Tennis Club has been re-or-
ganized with the following officers : Presi-
dent, W. H. Kreider ; Treasurer, Harry
Mayer.

For Ambitious Boys.

A boy is something like a piece of iron,
which in its rough state isn't worth much,
nor is it of verj- much use, but the more
processes it is put through the more valu-
able it becomes. A bar of iron that is
worth only five dollars in its natural state
is worth twelve dollars when it is made
into horseshoes ; and after it goes through
the different processes by which it is
made into needles its value is increased
to $350. Made into knife blades it would
be worth $3,000, and into balance wheels
for watches $250,000. Just think of that,
boys ; a piece of iron that is comparatively
worthless can be developed into such val-
uable material.

But the iron has got to go through a
great deal of hammering, beating and roll-
ing and pounding and polishing ; and so if
you are to become useful and educated
men, you must go through a long course
of study and training. The more time
you spend in hard study the better ma-
terial you will make The iron does not
have to go through half so much to be
made into horseshoes as it does to be
converted into delicate watch springs ;
but think how much less valuable it is !
Which would you rather be, horseshoe or
watch spring ? It depends on yourselves.
You can become whichever you will. This
is your time for preparation for manhood,
but don't you think we would have you
settle down to hard study all the time,
without any intervals for fun. Not a bit
of it. We like to see boys have a good
time, and should be very sorry to see you
grow old before your time ; but you have
ample opportunity for study and play,
too, so don't neglect the former for the
sake of the latter — The Southland.

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Wedded in Elizabethtown.

A United Brethren Pastor from Derry Church
Weds Miss Amanda Shirk.

A beautiful marriage ceremony was
solemnized in the IT. B. church in Eliza-
bethtown, on Monday morning at 11
o'clock. The contracting parties were
Miss Amanda Shirk, of Elizabethtown,
daughter of Mr. David B. Shirk, and Rev.
H. M. Miller, pastor of the U. B. church
at Derry. The floral decorations of the
platform and the arch beneath which the
union was solemnized were beautiful.
Rev. Gr. K. Harman, of Lebanon Yalley
College, Paul Shirk of Elizabethtown,
brother of the bride, Rev. Jos. Daugherty
of New Cumberland and Mr. Elmer Haak
of Myerstown, acted as ushers. Miss
Jennie Blough, of Elizabethtown, rendered
the familiar wedding march from Lohen-
grin, as the bridal party walked up the
aisle preceded by the ushers. The bride
was dressed in cream China silk and
carried a bunch of white roses. Miss
Rebecca Miller, sister of the groom, and
Rev. D. S. Eshelman, of Lebanon Yalley
College, were bridesmaid and groomsman.
Rev. H. B. Dohner, presiding elder of the
East Pennsylvania U. B. conference as-
sisted by Rev. J. M. Shelly, pastor of the
U. B. church at Elizabethtown, officiated.
A reception followed at the residence of
the bride's father. The bride and groom
left at 3 p. m. for Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington. They will settle down
after their return in Derry, Pa. — Middle-
town Press.

The Mighty Dollar.

From an exchange we clip the famous
old Prayer to Mammon, that has been
printed many times and the author of
which is unknown. In these times when
so many of us are offering up our devo-
tions at that shrine, this reacty-made
appeal may save you many anxious
moments in composing one yourself.

O Mighty Dollar 1 our acknowledged
governor, preserver and benefactor, we
desire to approach thee on this and every
occasion with that reverence which is clue
superior excellence and that regard which
should ever be cherished for exalted
greatness. Mighty Dollar, without thee
in the world, we can do nothing, but with
thee we can do all things. When sickness
lays its paralyzing hand upon us thou

cans't provide for us the tenderest nurses,
the most skillful physicians, and when the
last struggle of mortality is over and we
are being borne to the last resting place
of the dead, thou cans't provide a band of
music and a military escort thither, and
last, but not least, erect a magnificent
monument over our grave, with a living
epitaph to perpetuate our memory, and
while here in the midst of our misfortunes
and temptations of life we perhaps are
accused of crimes and brought before
magistrates thou, Mighty Dollar, cans't
secure to us a feed lawyer, a bribed judge,
a packed jury, and we go scot free. Be
with us, therefore, even in thy decimal
parts. We feel there is no condition in
life where thy potent and all powerful
charms are not felt.

In thy absence how gloomy is the
household and desolate is the hearthstone ;
but where thou, Mighty Dollar ! sat
upon the gridiron, what an exuberance of
joy swells every bosom. Thou art the joy
of our } r outh and the solace of our old age ;
thou cans't adorn the gentleman and feed
the jackass ; thou art the favorite of the
philosopher and the ideal of the lunk-head.
When an election is to be carried,
Mighty Dollar, thou art the most potent
argument of politicians and demagogues,
and the umpire that decides the contest.

Mighty Dollar, thou art worshipped the
world over ; thou hast no hypocrites in
thy temples and no false hearts at thy
altar ; kings and courtiers bow before thee;
and all nations adore thee ; thou art loved
by civilization and savage alike with mi-
feigned and unfaltering affection.

Mighty Dollar! be with us we he-
seech thee, attended by an inexpressible
number of thy ministering angels made in
thine own image, even though they be hut
silver quarters, whose gladdening light
shall illuminate the penury and want
with heavenly radiance which shall cause
the awakened soul to break forth in ac-
clamations of joy. Mighty Dollar, thou art
the guide of our foot-steps and the goal
of our being. Guided by thy silver Hg ut
we may hope to reach the golden gate,
and triumphantly enter while hands har-
moniously sweep the golden harps as we
walk the golden streets.

" Mighty Dollar ! thy shining face
Bespeaks thy wondrous power ;

My pockets be thy resting place —
' I need thee every hour.' "

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"College Day" Collections.

EAST PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE.

East Harrisburg (1892), $3 66

ghaefferstown (1892), 50

Paradise,. 16 46

Lititz, 2 50

Lancaster, 6 54

Steelton, 4 00

Mountville, 20 00

Annville, 40 87

Lebanon, 9 95

Ephrata, 4 24

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Mechanicsburg, • 10 24

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Waynesboro, 1 51

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Total, $302 72

Bible Study.

The systematic study of the Word of
God cannot be over-estimated. By it the
faithful student acquires a knowledge of
^e principles of the best ethics the world
e ^er knew ; by it he learns to know the
connected history of a race of people —
toe Jews — that have no equal in the
Glials of the world, and by it he becomes
jcquainted with his own condition as a
alien creature and finds a way of escape
his impending doom in the offered
Ovation through Jesus Christ.

In no 3'ear of its interesting history
" a s Lebanon Valley College been without

an organized class of young men and
women pursuing this work. In the early
years President Bierman had charge of a
large Bible class which met weekly, on
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, in the Col-
lege Chapel and there spent at least one
hour. Later others took up this work
and much was accomplished in building
up believers and in bringing sinners to
Christ.

In 1887 Professor Deaner, at the solicit-
ation of students and others, organized a
Bible Normal Union Class, and after a
full years' faithful work eight members
were graduated. This work was resumed
at the opening of each collegiate year
since that time, and to attempt at this
time to enumerate the benefits and bless-
ings derived from these faithful labors
would require more time and space than
we can spare.

It is only necessary to say in this con-
nection that there is now as usual hereto-
fore an interesting class organized and
busily engaged from Sabbath to Sabbath
in the blessed soul refreshing work.

The Analytical and Psychological in
Teaching.

BY PROF. W. J. BALTZELL, A. M.

(Read before the Penna. State Music Teachers' As-
sociation at Reading, Dec. 28, 1892.)

As prefatory to the remarks properly
on the subject, I feel impelled to advert to
a disposition on the part of many who
follow the so-called learned professions to
look upon a musician as a disciple of an
art which is prominent in its aesthetic
character, and involves, in but a small
degree, the exercise of the higher intellect-
ual faculties. It is not necessary to deny
such an assertion. Music is its own best
argument in its own favor.

Still, it is contended that music is not
a profession ; hence the question which is
often put, " What is a professor ?" referr-
ing to the fact that certain teachers of
music use the title, while others disclaim
it. Has a teacher a right to such designa-
tion ? What is a professor ?

In a certain encyclopaedia may be read
that the word is " occasionally used in a
loose way. ... It has been assumed as a
designation not only by instructors in
music and dancing, but by conjurors."
And even in the classic precints of the
Hub, I have seen a sign bearing the image

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and inscription of " Professor Robinson,
Bootblack."

Whether or not music be a learned pro-
fession, as professions are sometimes self-
styled, it has qualities worthy of admira-
tion, and displays intellectual power as
well as the recognized learned professions.

It shows inspiration as well as divinity,
intricacy and complexity as well as law,
soothing as well as medicine. But whether
music is oris not a learned profession, it
is an art, it is our art, and we profess it,
we love it, and we worship it as the best
and highest of arts. It is man's constant
companion from the cradle to the grave ;
from his earliest breath to his latest man
may be said to sing.

In the Poets' Corner in Westminster
Abbey rests one, who, not only a poet but
a philosopher as well, writes with the
beauty of diction and depth of thought
that have made Robert Browning world-
renowned :

" There is no truer truth obtainable
By man than comes of music . . .

... to match and mate
Feeling with knowleege — make as manifest
Soul's work as mind's work . .

. . . have the plain result to show
How we feel, hard and fast as what we know —
This was the prize and is the puzzle which
Music essays to solve . . .
All arts endeavor this, and she the most
Attains thereto."

Granted, then, that our art has claim to
preeminence, what may we sa,y of the
masters in the world of music? Prof.
Banister, the well-known English writer,
says : " I can not well think an} 7 higher
mental achievement possible than is ex-
emplified in Bach's Art of Fugue with its
well-nigh incredible contrapuntal involve-
ments, fugues taken en masse, by inverse
movement, and the like."

Richard Wagner has well expressed the
feeling of all who try to measure the in-
tellectual element of musical creation when
he writes :

" Beethoven developed the symphonic
form to such comprehensive breadth, and
filled it with contents of such unprece-
dentedly various and ravishing melody,
that we stand to-day before the symphon} 7
of Beethoven as before the stone that
marks the boundary of an entirety new
period in the history of art; for in it,
there came into the world a phenomenon,

nothing even approaching which is to be
found in the art of any age or nation."

With such intellectual and creative
giants for our leaders and examples, cer-
tainly does it behoove us, humble students
of the art they glorified, to labor to un-
derstand the true essentials of what we
study, and the more is it incumbent upon
us who undertake to guide aspiring minds
to delve deeply into the principles upon
which is founded true excellence in the
branch or branches of the art we follow,
and have elected to " profess."

The aim of all education should be
artistic excellence, and it may safely be
postulated that artistic excellence can not
be obtained without artistic education.
Genius of the highest nature alone may
have such self-sacrificing activity of mind
and such strong, safe and pure feeling, as
to lead its possessor always in the right
path.

It was this characteristic that gave to
Beethoven the self-assurance that caused
Haydn to dub him the " Great Mogul,"
and led the young composer, conscious of
his own power to judge, to answer Ries,
when the latter cited distinguished autho-
rit3 T against certain consecutive fifths in
an early quartet, " I say it is right."

But we are not geniuses, only men and
women of average mental calibre. We
must study under the best guidance pos-
sible for us to secure, if we would obtain
artistic excellence, and our pupils are of
about the same intelligence. Imitation of
a teacher, alone, will never carry a pupil
to a creditable degree of excellence. A
pupil must learn to stand alone ; his judg-
ment must be formed and matured so that
he may have a safe criterion by which to
appreciate the contents of each work of
art and every part thereof, or to value
properly artistic excellence in any form.
Only as a student has a true ideal of what
he is striving to make his own, to assimi-
late, and to impress with his own indi-
viduality, can he hope to reach any con-
siderable degree of excellence.

Power and clearness of conception are
all important, and to develop this faculty
in the pupil is the constant and greatest
demand upon the teacher. The young
pupil has not the requisite mental strength
and, even if he has, lacks the power of ap-
plying it, because he is unused to mental
processes of the higher nature.

All building, mental or material, Wjj
volves two distinct acts. The artist and

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A
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tal
li-

the architect must have a conception of
the work to be constructed, and then the
details of construction will be worked out ;
the synthetic or creative, and the analytic,
involving the constructive, must both be
employed, and no artistic results can be
reached without such power and such facul-
ties of mind. Genius is essentially synthe-
tic, although it may be joined to an intense
capacity for detail, and devotion to minu-
tiae ; but talent, whether great or mediocre,
must depend in a greater measure upon
the anal3 T tic.

One branch of our art which peculiarly
demands mental activity and concentra-
tion is song. Every one should learn to
sing. It is man's own true peculiar
music. The voice is the especial organ
of our souls. The greater number of
individuals have a capacity for singing
sufficient to justify some pursuit of the
art. The qualification of rich physical
endowments is not necessary to produce
a good singer, and alone will not. Much
of the most touching and joy-inspiring
capabilities may be obtained if feeling,
artistic cultivation, and a vivid concep-
tion speak through a medium even but
slenderly endowed.

But to consider the question in a prac-
tical manner, let it be assumed that a
person of average endowments, both
physical and mental, has made arrange-
ments with a teacher for instruction in
singing. First in importance is it that
the pupil should receive such impression
as will develop within his mind a concep-
tion of the end he is seeking, create a
true ideal of singing, which is to be his
guide and form his criterion of judgment.

I feel it in order to explain why I say
"psychological" in the heading of this
paper, whereas above I used the term
synthetic. By " psychological " I mean
the process by which a teacher impresses
his ideas upon the pupil's mind, and de-
velops the conception which is to be the
pupil's guide. In other words, the
teacher's standpoint is objective, the
Pupil's subjective; hence the term "psy-
chological."

Having impressed upon the pupil's
toind an ideal of singing, what is the next
s tep ? He must will or try to sing in
accordance with the standard just estab-
hshed. No physical exertion of a definite
character can take place without previous
Rental activity. No singer can sing
"etter than his ideal of true singing. Is

it likely he will sing at first even so well
as his own standard demands ? If not,
why not ?

Because power and accuracy, which
bring perfection of detail, are lacking.
Here is another test of the teacher. The
pupil's work as shown in tone does not
reach the standard, because perfection in
a multitude of details is wanting.

The analytical faculty now comes into
use. The many little elements which are
part of any act of singing, these details
must be mastered in order that due pro-
portion of all may produce the perfect
result. Surely it will aid greatly if these
many details can be systematized and co-
ordinated, and broad, general principles
be formulated. Thus will the work of
teacher and pupil be simplified and ren-
dered clearer.

Let us now analyze the pupil's tone or
its production. Fault is apparent. All
the physical activity is comprehended in
the activity of the vocal organ and the
means for the transmission of that activity
unimpeded and unimpaired. Whatever
faults exist may be referred to one or the
other, or perhaps to both. The essence
of the tone is the breath. The breath is
not in proper activity. It is not properly
directed and controlled. The teacher's
idea of control should now be impressed
upon the pupil's mind, so that the latter
may have the teacher's standard to help
him in his efforts. Now let the pupil try
to sing. The result may be better, but
still not right. Why this failure? The
pupil has only an imperfect conception of
the teacher's standard, naturally also
imperfection of detail, or, physically
speaking, the muscles lack power and
accuracy of the specific kind necessary to
produce the required act.

Repetition of one and the same concen-
trated mental and cognate physical act
alone can lead to perfection. As the tone
is produced and heard time after time it
is the teacher's duty to analyze it and de-
cide what is the greatest trouble. The
tone is made up of various elements, and
the teacher should seize upon the predom-
inant faulty one, decide wherein the
mental energy and consequent physical
activity is misdirected, and correct that
act.

A mental power to place himself, as it
were, in the mind of the pupil, and sieze
upon the tone as his own production, is
of great value to a teacher in aiding to

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discover the prime source of fault. I
know of no better way to illustrate this
thought than to quote from Edgar Allan
Poe, himself the greatest analytical genius
American literature has known. In one
of his prose tales he uses as a character a
man of extraordinary acumen and analyt-
ical power. The anecdote in point is
related by this character as an illustration
of this mental self-transposition.

" I knew a boy about eight years of age,
whose success in the game of even and
odd ' attracted great admiration. The
game is played with marbles. One player
holds in his hand a number of the toys
and another guesses ' even ' or ' odd ' as
he chooses. If the guess is right the
guesser wins one ; if wrong he forfeits
one. The boy alluded to won all the
marbles in the school. Of course he had
a system, and this lay in observation and
admeasurement of the astuteness of his
opponents. In other words, he identified
his reasoning and intellect with his op-
ponents. But how could a boy carry on
so subtle an intellectual process? His
answer, when questioned, was substan-
tially as follows :

" ' When I wish to find out how wise or
how stupid or how good or how wicked
is any one, or what are his thoughts at the
moment, I fashion the expression of my
face as accurately as possible in accord-
ance with the expression of his, and then
wait to see what thoughts or sentiments
arise in my mind or heart, as if to match
or correspond with the expi'ession.' "

To place this thought in a bo3''s lan-
guage would be to say that a boy, known
to be dull, would reason thus : The first
time I had them even, this time I will
make them odd. Our boy follows up his
train of thought, guesses odd and wins.
But another bo} r , of brighter mind, might
at first think to change, but would likely
reject the idea on second thought and
keep them even. Our boy would try to
follow his thought and guesses even and
wins. Of course in this case there can be
but two combinations.

But in singing there can be many
varieties of tone, and as experience
broadens a teacher learns to refer each to
its prime fault. The expression of intent-
ness in the face, the lips, tongue, eyes,
poise of the head, all these point uner-
ringly to certain troubles. If there be
some new fault, I have found no way
better to reach the seat of trouble than

to attempt, myself, to reproduce the
pupil's tone and expression by imitation
and thus form an idea of the fault by
analyzing the accompanying sensation.
An exaggeration of this will frequently
make clear the pupil's fault to him and
aid him to correct it.

It is my firm opinion that in order to
produce the best results with a pupil,
whether of small, average, or unusual in-
telligence, the teacher must work through
the mind, and this psychological training
must be accompanied by a constant analy-
sis of the mental operations of the pupil.
If I desire a pupil to sing a certain
vowel sound, it would scarcely be feasible
to tell him to arrange tongue, lips, teeth
in a certain manner. Man is largely a
creature of imitation, and this imitative
faculty will assist in producing the de-
sired qualit3 T . When, after several at-
tempts to produce a sound like the
teacher sang, a fair degree of success lias
been obtained, the sensation that accom-
panies that production is to be remem-
bered, since it is the product of the
operations of all the muscles invoked,
and the reproduction — or, if you prefer it,
the imitation — of that sensation will re-
produce the quality. Furthermore, as
long as a mental state be maintained, no
change of muscular action can take place,
and no change of vocal qualit}-. If uni-
formity and steadiness be essentials of
pure tone, they must be produced by
similar conditions of mental action. This
demands intense mental concentration.
A wavering of the mind toward some
other object than the sound to be pro-
duced and maintained is fatal to good
results. I call to mind an illustration of t his.

Several years ago, while in London, I
had charge of the training of the solo boys
in a choir. On one occasion, while drill-
ing one of them on sustained notes, I
found he did not emit his voice with the
usual purity. I asked him what was the
matter, and he did not know. I made
him try again, and caught a wandering
glance. " Frank," said I, " what are you
thinking about ? " He hung his head for
a moment and then said, " About spinning
my top." This will apply equally well to
hats, bonnets, gowns, and last night s
dance.

{To be Continued.)

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Volume VI.

Number 8.

THE

College Forum.

OCTOBER, 1893.

• f CONTENTS : .

Jf AUK

Editorials 49 50

The Analytical and Psychological in Teach-

in S 50-52

Prohibition Meeting 52

The Lecture Course 52, 53

An Address by Hiram E. Steinmetz . . 53-55

"Let There Be Light " 55, 56

College Directory 57

Philokosmian Literary Society 57

Kalozetean Literary Society 57, 58

Our Alumni 58

Personals and Locals

PAGE

58, 59

Christian Association Notes 59

Y. M. C. A. State Convention 59, 60

Reviews .60

The Chestuut Picnic 60

A Blossom Study -. 60 61

Rev. D. S. Early's Knock-Down Reply to

Cardinal McCloskey . . . 61, 62

A Lesson from Pompeii 62

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EDITORS.

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Editorial.

The coming anniversary of the Clionian
Literary Society promises a special occa-
sion. Thanksgiving evening, 1893, will
be a red letter evening in its history.
Let none fail to attend.

The committee whe have charge of the
grand rally and banquet of the Alumni
and friends of the College, which will be
held in Harrisburg on December 28th,
have nearly completed the arrangements.

Is there not some one within the
patronizing conferences who will put up a
Memorial Hall for the Christian Societies
of the College ? Such a munificence would
he the crowning act of a true Christian
philanthropist.

The Faculty has decided that any stu-
dent who makes a term grade of 90 per
°entum or more, need not be examined to
Pass a study. The object of the new
ing is to stimulate more thorough daily

preparation and to avoid cramming. Its
announcement met with universal appro-
bation by the students.

Tennyson is said to have advised a
young man to learn one verse of the Bible
and one of Shakespeare every day. The
former would teach him how to address
God, and the latter how to address his
fellow man.*"

The week of prayer in behalf of the
unconverted in colleges, will be held from
the 12th to the 19th of November. The
Christian Associations at the College are
praying for a special manifestation of
power that there may be a large ingather-
ing of precious souls.

The visit of Bishop Weaver on the 19th
was greatly enjoyed. He delighted us all
with his words of advice and his joyful
spirit, verified that gray hairs will not
make one old and morose, but* are the
symbols of a sweet and full manhood,
ripening into immortality.

A very pleasing event whih occurred
almost at the beginning of this term,
September 18, was the sociable which the
Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. gave to the
students and members of the faculty. It
was a good opportunity for the new
students to become acquainted and it
made them feel more free in the midst of
their new surroundings. All mingled
freely which added greatly to the. enjoy-
ment of the occasion. A large spider
web, arranged in the dining room, afforded
no little amusement to those who were
bent on securing a prize. Provision was

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also made for the inner man and suitable
refreshments were served.

These social gatherings are bright spots
in the memories of College life to each
one participating in the same.

The educational meetings held at the
recent sessions of East German and East
Pennsylvania Conferences were attended
with more than the usual interest, and we
are sanguine enough to look for favorable
results. The several reports were well
received, and at the East German, held in
the town of Lrykens, the Conference was
addressed by President Bierman, Secre-
tary Bell and Bishop Kephart. At the
close of the meeting it was unanimously
resolved to observe " College Day " on
all the fields of labor during the coming
year. This is a step forward in the right
direction. Heretofore the Conference has
been a little slow on " College Day,"

At the East Pennsylvania Conference
held at Steelton very decisive action was
taken on this subject. A resolution was
passed' requesting the Bishop to ask the
question of each pastor next year whether
the day was observed or not. Though
East Pennsylvania has usually done well,
we now expect still better results. Stir-
ring addresses in the interest of the Col-
lege we^e delivered at this conference by
a number of the brethren. A visiting
committee was also appointed consisting
of P. E. Dietrick, J. G. W. Herold and
Hiram E. Steinmetz,

Messrs. A. S. Riland and Samuel P.
Engle were elected trustees at LykenSj
and Revs. H. B. Dohner and C. J. Kep-
hart and Mr. John B. Stehman at Steelton,
to represent the East German and the
East Pennsylvania respectively for the
next three years.

The meetings at both places were well
attended by the members of the Confer-
ences and the people in general, and there
cannot come any other but good results
from the influence of their annual discus-
sions of the cause of Christian education.

The Analytical and Psychological in
Teaching.

BY PROF. W. J. BALTZELL, A. M.

(Read before the Penna. State Music Teachers' As-
sociation at Reading, Dec. 28, 1893.)

( Continued. )

But granted that a teacher must be able
to appreciate and assimilate his pupil's
mental state, the question still remains,
how is he to impress upon the pupil's
mind the required conception ? I have
already alluded to the power of imitation.
But by aiming at repose and unconscious-
ness of throat and tongue, a teacher can
granually train mind and muscle until the
singing mind and singing throat are ab-
solutel}', as it were, plastic, capable of
receiving and retaining impressions.

These impressions will best be made by
a series of " pictures," as they may be
called, which the teacher paints upon the
pupil's mind by words, and the greater or
less clearness of the idea conveyed by
these words determines the clearness of the
conception. The success or failure of a
teacher may depend in a large, measure
upon his power of creating conceptions
in a pupil's mind by figures of speech or
illustrations drawn from any source. A
teacher familiar with details of various
trades or professions from which he draws
pupils, and also a clear understanding of
the personal and mental idios}*ncrasies of
his pupils, can often give illustrations
which have the peculiar force of the
familifSr argumentum ad hominem of logic.

Having succeeded in painting a picture
on the pupil's mental canvas, the teacher
should impress upon him the necessity of
concentration, to the end that the results
shall be in accord with the design and
commensurate with the activity set in
motion. This will obviate the uncertainty
and wavering, and at times complete
change of vowel quality on sustained
tones, singers beginning with one sound
and ending with another. Mental con-
centration is the corrective, for if one can,
through the will, start a certain vowel
quality, he can by concentrated and con-
tinuous unchanged volition, preserve 11
and that without stiffness or a hard tone.
What insures uniformity and purity oi
tone is a perfect equipoise, and this is the
result of a mental effort which duly P 1 ' '
portions the various muscular activities
and thus produces balance. Reproduction
of a true singing sensation by the natural

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operation of the will, dominates the physi-
cal action of the throat, and robs " blend-
ing registers " of its terrors to a marked
degree.

This psychological process may be car-
ried out in the study of songs, to produce
what is called " style " by some, by others
% expression," or both. The true meaning
of the words of the song to be rendered is
a matter for prime consideration. They
will represent the expression of a series
of emotions, or vivid pictures. If the
singer's Tnind has become plastic, if the
physical organism is reposeful and can be
kept unconscious, the pupil either through
his own intelligence or through the im-
press of the teacher's suggestions, sur-
renders his mind to the domination of the
emotions of the song or the influence of
the vivid pictures, self-consciousness dis-
appears and the singer becomes a voice
under the control of the emotions and
pictures, and these must and will be
reproduced in such perfection as the
singer's accuracy of detail has become a
matter of muscular habit. By accuracy
of detail I mean the due proportion of
muscular activity and instantaneous re-
sponsives of every part of the vocal ap-
paratus. The power of the mind over the
voice produces all the delicate shadings
that the good singer uses, and if carefully
followed out to the end of acquiring a
high degree of unconsciousness of muscle,
the various tone colors that the true artist
uses. I wish to quote from Fetis con-
cerning Garat, one of the greatest singers
of his time :

" An air or duet, according to this great
singer, did not consist in a succession of
well-performed or even well-expressed
phrases ; he wanted a plan, a gradual pro-
gress, which led to great effects at the
proper moment, and when the excitement
had reached its crisis. He was rarely un-
derstood, when discussing his art he spoke
■of the plan of a vocal piece ; but when he
joined example to precept, and, to demon-
strate his theory, sang an air, with the
different coloring he could give to it, they
1foen comprehended how much of reflec-
tion and study were necessary in an art
^hieh at first view seems destined only to
Procure enjoyment for the ear."

It was Garat 's preconceived plan which
Ca used his vocal organ to produce all the
shading and coloring for which he was so
la mous.

But this synthetic process, although it

attempts from a finished conception to
cultivate perfection of detail, will be aided
if accompanied by analytical cultivation ;
for finish of detail as shown in correct
muscular habit will react upon the ideal
conception and increase its ease, refine-
ment and purity.

The following is suggested as an illus-
tration of analysis as applied to the pro-
duction of various vowels and consonants.
The aim of singing is purity of tone. In
this sense, tone absolute is meant. It is
tone absolute, apart from vowel quality,
dominated by emotion, that touches and
sways the human heart ; for one may be
moved by singing in a foreign language,
when the sound conveys no expression to
us, such as we are accustomed to draw
from familiar words. Back of every vowel
and consonant is tone absolute, which is
also independent of pitch, since one may
sing many different sounds on many differ-
ent notes. Prom this standpoint tone
absolute, of course, is but an abstraction ;
with pitch and a vowel or consonant
added, it becomes concrete, an entity.

Having impressed this idea upon a
pupil's mind, get him to sing " ah," " oh,"
" oo," or any other particular sound, and
cause him to feel that the vowel quality and
the pitch are merely incidents of the tone
and not tone itself. Thus can one with
some degree of certainty expect to make
tone w.th repose and balance, for tone
absolute, lacking definiteness, but being,
if the expression can be allowed, a faculty
of the body, can be produced only by re-
pose ; and by practice one can add to the
tone absolute, the product of repose, the
incidents of vowel quality and pitch,
•giving life and expression, and still not
disturb the repose of muscle which makes
the tone and its purity.

Just at this point I feel a strong im-
pulse to advert once more to the matter
of the interpretation of a song, with its
consequent shading and tone coloring.
The aim of music and especially song is
to reproduce the emotions and pictures of
the poem. We have Beethoven's own
authority for the statement that when
composing he always had a picture in his
mind toward which he worked. But in
his Pastoral Symphony, for example, he
is careful to state that his object is not
to imitate the sounds of nature, but
rather. to evoke the emotions caused by
contemplation of natural features. So
the aim of song is to reproduce what the

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poem expresses. The hearer is supposed
to be in a state of susceptibility ; his soul
is free to receive impressions ; the singer's
mind and physical system should be in
repose, quick to respond to the various
emotions and pictures of the song, and
these are transferred to the soul of the
listener, and reproduced there with clear-
ness and power dependent upon his sus-
ceptibility, and the vividness of the
imagery in the mind of the singer, which
he strives to reproduce, and this imagery
should control every variety of expression.

Thus the mind and the muscles become
habituated to work together with perfect
balance, so that when one determines to
sing a certain vowel the muscular appa-
ratus will instantly respond, and with the
desired pitch a different vowel sound may
be taken, the pitch be changed, without
direct consciousness of muscular effort,
and within the limits which nature has set
for the individual voice, it becomes possi-
ble for the vocal chords to produce a high
tone as easily as a low, for the tension of
the vocal chords is in response to the will,
and they adjust themselves.

Still, it must not be forgetten that a high
tone can not be sung without fatigue so
often as a lower one, any more than we
could exercise any other muscle to ex-
treme and not suffer for it.

To sum up briefly, the argument of this
paper is that to educate a pupil he must
receive a definite and pure conception of
the end he is striving to reach ; this striv-
ing brings into play certain activities
which must be directed in one and the
same way every time each special activity
is used, and during the continuance re-
main unimpeded and unimpaired ; perfec-
tion in detail refines the original concep-
tion, which in turn adds to the ease of
each special act ; power and skill only
come from frequent repetition ; expres-
sion is only to be obtained when the mind
and muscle are in such perfect repose and
so plastic .that every phase of activity de-
manded by the will may be instantan-
eously reproduced in muscular life ; mind
dominates matter and should receive the
primary attention.

Prohibition Meeting.

The Prohibition Club held their first
meeting for this term on the evening of
the 2d inst.

After the singing of an opening hymn

and prayer by Rev. Artz, several ad-
dresses on various subjects were delivered
by members of the club. G. K. Hartman
gave an interesting account of the Pro.
hibition Convention held at Elmira, N. Y.

Chas. Wingerd then rendered a dec-lam-
ation entitled " A Yivid Illustration,"
after which S. F. Huber discussed " The
State Control of Saloons."

Some general remarks on Prohibition
were then made by Rev. Artz. Prohibi-
tion songs were rendered at suitable inter-
vals throughout the exercises.

Quite a number of friends were present
who are not members of the club, and we
consider that our first meeting was a suc-
cess in every respect. We would gladly
see as many of our friends as possibly
can attend our meetings, as it is our pur-
pose to create a stronger Prohibition
sentiment among the students, as well as
in the town of Annville and vicinity. On
the evening of the 4th inst. our club re-
ceived a call for speakers to supply the
place of Prof. Patton at Fontana, about
four miles from town. The professor was
unable to meet his engagement at that
place, and Revs. Hartman and Albert
promptly responded to the call to fill his
place.

Other members of the club supplied the
music, and a pleasant, and we hope a
a profitable evening was spent.

Three new members, Messrs. Boyer,
Beattie and Albert, have joined the club.
All the members are enthusiastic and de-
termined workers, and we hope that good
results may attend their efforts.

The Lecture Course.

The lecture committee of the P. L. S.
have decided upon the course for the en-
suing year. This is the tenth course the
society will bring before the public, and
to make this one a success the patronage
of the public is solicited. None but the
best talent was obtained by the committee;
hence all should avail themselves of the
rare opportunity to attend such a course.
The course will open on November 3, by
The Amphion Ladies' Quartette, consist-
ing of mandolin, guitar and vocal music
The company comprises Misses Laving
Sutcliffe, First Soprano and guitar, Elsie
F. Snedeker, Second Soprano and mando-
lin ; Isabella F. Mundell, First Alto and
mandolin, and M. Louise Mundell, Second
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phenomenal, and with their extensive
repetoire of popular and classical music
they have gained a reputation which is
unsurpassed

On December 1st Walter Pelham, who
is commonly known as connected with
Harper's Weekly and Young People, will
render one of his brilliant entertainments
of mirth, music and mimicry. Mr. Pel-
ham has been on the platform for the last
thirteen years, and has appeared before
the Prince and Princess of "Wales, Mary
of Cambridge, a brilliant assemblage at
Windsor Castle, and many other distin-
guished personages both of England and
America. Among the numerous imperson-
ations rendered is a marvellous imitation
of Artemus Ward, the prince of American
humorists, in his celebrated lecture, " Ar-
temus Ward Among the Mormons."

January 17th. — Dr. Samuel Phelps Le-
land will deliver his renowned lecture on
"World Making." Dr. Leland has been
before the public for a number of years,
and has been recalled to some places
twice in a season. Dr. Leland has a num-
ber of testimonials similar to this : " Dr.
Leland's was the most solid and valuable
one of the course. The universal expres-
sion was one of unbounded satisfaction."

February 22d.— The New York Ideal
Concert Company will render one of their
delightful and entertaining concerts. The
company consists of Miss Agnes E.
Bowen, soprano and whistler; Miss
Blanche L. Frederici, reciter ; Miss Bessie
Mecklem, saxophone soloist ; and H. C.
Mecklem, harp soloist. Miss Mecklem is
the only lady saxophone soloist in
America, and Mr. Mecklem is the leading
harpist of New York city. Miss Frederici
is a charming elocutionist, and is ranked
among the leading elocutionists of the
country. Miss Bowen always delights the
audience with her marvellous whistling.

March nth.—" Judge " Wm. B. Green
w ill render one of his superib entertain-
ments consisting of humor, pathos and
sentiment.

"Judge" Green has won for himself an
^viable reputation and has been reen-
gaged to the same place a number of times,
fa Brooklyn " Judge " G reen has appeared
111 three hundred and five engagements,
w hich is a sufficient reputation. The com-
mittee has not enhanced the price for sea-
8 °n tickets and will offer the course of five
^tertainments for $1.T5.

An Address

Delivered at the Recent Session of the East Penn.
sylvania Annual Conference, held at Steeltcm,
October 14, 1893, by Hiram K. Steinmetz,
A. 31., Class of 1874.

It gives me pleasure at all times to
speak a kind word for Lebanon Valley
College, and if I should fail to do so I
would be guilty of an act of base ingrati-
tude. As the interests of the College are
to be discussed by the Conference, I feel
it my duty to present some facts in her
behalf.

Entering that institution just as I en-
tered my teens brought me in connection
with her during her early struggles, diffi-
culties and obstacles, thus giving me more
information in regard to her history than
many possess. I have ever watched her
career with no little degree of anxiety and
interest.

While a student at college my sainted
mother was called home to heaven. Many
prayers did she offer in my behalf. Many
words of sound advice did she give me,
bidding me to lead a Christian life. Leb-
anon Valley College became a second
mother to me. She gave me not only
mental training and discipline, but, what
is of far more value than that, within
those sacred -walls I was taught the way
of everlasting life. Praise God for it!
Scores of young ladies and gentlemen who
have been connected with the College
have had the same blessed experience.
Surely Lebanon Yalley College has not
lived in vain !

How well do I remember the prayer-
meetings, the class-meetings, and the
revival seasons ! Upon one occasion the
boarding students were all Christians
with but one exception.

The College has done a grand and noble
work for God and his cause, ever incul-
cating principles of vital godliness and
experimental religion.

Nearly two hundred persons have
graduated there. Six of this number are
now with God and his angels, and are
looking down upon us as we are here as-
sembled, beseeching us to act wisely in
behalf of their Alma Mater. Thirty-four
are ministers of the gospel located in dif-
ferent parts of the country, not only in
our own church, but also in other denomi-
nations. They are battling for God and
his cause, bringing hundreds of souls into
the vineyard of the Lord, making a
record for themselves which reflects great

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credit on their Alma Mater. Thirteen
occupy a professor's chair in some insti-
tution of learning from the shores of the
Atlantic to the Golden Gates of the
Pacific, teaching and inculcating the prin-
ciples of Christian Philosophy, Science
and Arts, blessing hundreds and thous-
ands of their fellow-men and women.
Surely Lebanon Valley College has not
lived in vain. Twenty-three are following
the teacher's profession, either in the
capacity of a public or private teacher,
thus blessing many and wielding an in-
fluence, the greatness of which eternity
alone can reveal.

A number of the gentler sex are attend-
ing to the duties of wife and mother ; and
by a strange coincidence an equal number
are either engaged in study, engaged to
wed or engaged in the art of trying to wed.

We also find among the Alumni of the
College doctors, lawyers and editors, who
fill their various positions creditably and
well ; who are doing an incalculable
amount of good, and who can justly as-
cribe the honor to their Alma Mater in
preparing them for the stern realities of
life.

Over a score are engaged in the busi-
ness world, and thus realize the advan-
tages obtained by a thorough mental
training. They are succeeding well in
life, and are an honor to the commuity in
which they live. Six are engaged in that
noblest and most independent calling of
the agriculturist, thus being enabled to
study more fully nature and nature's God.
Thus in every calling in life, in Church
and in State, the graduates of Lebauon
Yalley College are doing a noble work for
God and the country. And not the grad-
uates only, but many young men and
women who at one time were students at
the College are doing just as noble work.
Of the forty fields of labor in this Confer-
ence nineteen are filled by former students
of the College. The same can be said of
the cooperating Conferences. Many are
the young men and women who at one time
or another were students at the College,
who are filling honorable positions in life
and laboring zealously for the upbuilding
of the Redeemer's kingdom. Grand and
noble as the record of the College is, a
still more glorious future awaits her, pro-
vided we as a Church do our duty. Did
I say provided? Yes. What, then, is
our duty ? Clear the College of the last
vestige of debt ! Endow it largely, so that

all who seek an education, rich or poor,
may obtain it.

Can this be done ? Yes, in fact it must
be done, if we as a Church want to live
and prosper.

We must educate our 3 r oung people in
our own colleges.

We have the wealth in the Church to
do it.

God will call us into account if we fail
to do our duty. Neglected opportunities,
how often we would recall them. " Ye
knew your duty but ye did it not," will
be the answer of Almighty God.

We are not better Christians than any
other churches, but just as good. We are
not wealthier than other churches, but just
as wealthy.

Only a few weeks ago an educational
institution of a sister church, located less
than a hundred miles from here, received
a large donation, not for endowment, but
for the contingent fund. The same insti-
tution is heavily endowed. Why cannot
somebody do likewise for our College.
The Bible tells us, " He who hath this
world's goods and seeth his brother have
need and shutteth the bowels of compas-
sion on him, how dwelleththe love of God
in him." Yea it cannot, that is plain, but
true, every word of it. Lebanon Yalley
College is our brother, our sister, our father,
our mother. If we fail to support her by
our influence, by giving of our means,
even if we must practice self-denial, con-
tributing until all debt is paid and a large
endowment fund is created, I say if we
fail to do this, we justly merit the dis-
pleasure of Almighty Gocl. I have often
wished I possessed the power or the means
to cancel the debt of Lebanon Yalley Col-
lege, or better yet, be able to give her a
large endowment fund. This would be
the crowning event of my life.

Brethren, my heart beats warmly for
Lebanon Yalley College. I want to see
her free of debt, and that speedily, richly
endowed, larger buildings erected, larger
library, laboratory and apparatus added.
All this can be accomplished. Let the
clergy and the laity throughout the co-
operating Conferences awake to the fact
and do their duty in this matter. Now is
the time to act ; there is danger in delay-
There has been too much neglect and in-
difference manifested in the past. Let us
arouse from our lethargy. If we accom-
plish this, the College will be in a position
to command the attention of the people

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throughout the length and breadth of the
land, by holding a position of the highest
rank of the educational institutions in the
country.

God grant that this will be done, and
that speedily. Then Lebanon Yalley Col-
lege will have an opportunity to achieve
success and accomplish the work God has
designed for her, and receive the blessing
of hundreds, yea thousands of young men
and women, yea be a burning and shining
light throughout all ages.

"Let There Be Light."

According to the nebular hypothesis,
millions of years ago there floated in
space a mass of matter, " without form
and void," which was destined by the
Almighty to become a world — the earth.
Nearly six thousand years ago this shape-
less mass began to assume form in the
darkness, and the Lord of the Universe
planted his foot upon it and in tones of
thunder broke the awful silence by ex-
claiming, " Let There Be Light," And
There was Light;" the glorious orb of
heaven shone forth upon a new-born world.

In a few days when the earth was
clothed in verdure, the eternal hills and
valleys had been arranged, the rivers
flowed in their courses and animal life
was created, God created man in his own
image. No sooner was man left alone
than he began to seek new light — intel-
lectual lio;ht.

He was forbidden to taste of the tree
*of the knowledge of good and evil, but
being tempted with the promise of satan
that he should become as God, he yielded
and thus brought untold sorrow upon the
human race. Since that time man has been
crying out through the darkness for light.

For four thousand years the world
passed through periods of spiritual dark-
ness and light, until finally it became en-
shrouded in the dark robe of sin and
despair, and cried out : for a ray of
n gbt ! God heard the mournful cry and
sent His only begotten Son into the world
as a light to dispel the gloom. To-daj'
this son of righteousness shines in the
w orld as no other enlightning influence
u nder the heavens.

Ancient Greece and Rome sought light
through wars, revolutions and the physi-
Ca l culture of man. They sometimes found
an intellectual light in their philosophers
ail d writers ; but how often the glimmer-

ings of their knowledge were extinguished
in human blood ! How many Alexandrian
libraries were destroyed by savage war-
riors ! How often the pall of night was
cast over the rising sun of science, and
the human race thrown back into the
depths of barbarism ! After the fall of
the Roman Empire nearly every vestige
of science, every monument of art, and
every trace of civilization, was completely
obliterated. Wave after wave of unmiti-
gated barbarism rolled over the face of
Europe and for several centuries made the
darkness complete. Yet in the breast of
man was deeply and firmly planted the
germ of intellectual resurrection which is
ever ready to spring forth when nour-
ished by favorable opportunities.

About the beginning of the sixteenth
century, Christianity had been crushed by
Romanism ; the doctrine of indulgences
and penance had revolved itself in the
mind of Martin Luther, until one day,
while climbing the steps of the monastery
on his knees, he seemed to hear, as it
were, a voice from heaven saying : " The
just shall live by faith." He arose; he
set to work about writing the theses,
which he nailed on the door of All Saints'
church, and then began preaching the
Reformation. It is through this "great
work that we have the light and liberty of
the gospel which we enjoy to-day.

In the critical period of American his-
tory, when the colonists were oppressed
by England, there arose light out of the
darkness which dispelled the gloom.
Patrick Henry, in thrilling words, de-
manded the light of liberty or the dark-
ness of the tomb. Thousands of lives
were sacrificed on the Martian altar for
liberty, and to-day we are enabled to point
with pride to the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, to the statue in New York har-
bor representing " Liberty Enlightening
the World," to the American eagle, the
Star-Spangled Banner, and to the Bible,
which are the emblems of liberty.

There was another period of darkness
within the memory of many of us — the
period of American Slavery — when the
intellectual darkness of the slave was to
be compared with his natural color. In
the midst of the struggle for light — the
great Civil War — Abraham Lincoln sent
out the Emancipation Proclamation, and
by that said : " Let there be light." The
war continued, brave men fought, bled,
and died, until at Appomattox Court

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House, Grant drew aside the curtain and
let the glorious light of American liberty
shine upon us.

We are living in an elightened age.
True, we have not been able to discover a
few of the lost arts of the Egyptians, but
we have countless numbers of modern in-
ventions, which are of more use to man-
kind than the art of embalming the dead
or erecting the colossal Pj^ramids.

But we have not reached our zenith —
our climax is not complete. Wherein
shall we become more enlightened ? " We
must educate."

In the mind of many a man whose time
is devoted to tilling the soil for a scanty
subsistence, there slumber powers, which,
had they been developed by early disci-
pline, would have elevated their possessor
to the first rank of philosopher or states-
man ; and many a mechanic who goes
patiently the round of unvaried toil is un-
consciously the owner of faculties, which,
nurtured and expanded by education,
would have enabled him to electrify
Senates, and to win that preeminence
which men award to genius.

Instruction is to man what culture is to
the plant, and when deprived of this, his
powers remain wholly latent, or, like the
uncultivated plant, are worthless. Ignor-
ance is the darkness of night in which man
slumbers away an unprofitable and miser-
able life — a darkness which the rays of
knowledge must disperse before he will
awake to exercise and rise to improvement.

It is a cold and cheerless state in which
the finer sensibilities and feelings of the
human soul are locked up, and man is de-
prived of the enjoyment which results
from their exercise and perfection.

Intellectual development is not an in-
stantaneous work, but a progressive one.
A diamond may be centuries in forming,
other crystals may be formed in a mo-
ment ; the diamond is almost indestructi-
ble, the other may be made to perish in an
instant.

There is a fixed law in nature which
causes that which has been suddenly ac-
quired, whether reputation or fortune, to
soon vanish. He who suddenly becomes
popular, and is content with his popular-
ity, shall in a moment be forgotten. So
real intellectual worth can ou\y be attained
by hard and continuous efforts

If then we would see the foundations on
which the fabric of our county's liberties
shall rest to the remotest generations, if

we would see her carry forward the work
of political reformation and the bright and
morning star rise over a benighted world,
let us elevate the intellectual and moral
character of every class of our citizens;
and let us instil into them thoroughly the
principles of the Christian religion.

The world even in this enlightened age
is crying for more light. We need more
master minds like those of Edison, Glad-
stone and the departed Blaine. How are
we to get them ? " We Must Educate."
They must be educated in our colleges.

The thick ranks of the great army of
mankind are marching over the fields of
time to great conflicts and the rewards of
eternity. They march to the music of
thought, and lie who makes the loudest
and best music will have the most fol-
lowers. We are not to elevate a few by
depressing the many, but to seek the
greatest good to the greatest number;
this must be brought about by educating
the masses. Never in the history of the
world have educated men and women been
so much in demand as they are now.

The thundering of cannon and the
crack of rifles can quell mobs, but educa-
tion prevents them. Superstition and
bigotry cry out against increased illumina-
tion, but when, the twentieth century is
ushered upon us, our intellectual light will
compare with that of our forefathers as
the modern electric light with their candle.

But not until the means of education
everywhere throughout our countiy shall
be as free as the air we breathe, until
every family shall have the Bible for its
guiding-star, shall we exert our proper
influence in the cause of our fellow-men.
And we shall not have reached our goal
until all the scattered elements of good,
which lie concealed in the material world
shall have been discovered, collected, com-
bined, and amplified to their fullest extent,
until all portions of the moral and intel-
lectual domains shall have reached their
highest culture, until the knowledge of
every attainable law in the universe shall
have enlightened and expanded the human
understanding and secured the universal
fealty of our race, until man shall have
achieved every conquest of which his
nature is capable, over himself and the
visible world, over mind and matter-
then, and not till then, will we see the
light of intelligence and Christian civiliza-
tion in all its brilliancy and glory.

J. H. Maysilles, '95.

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College Directory.
Faculty.

E. BENJ. BIERMAN, A. M., Ph. D.,

PRESIDENT,

CARRIE M. FLINT,
Professor of Instrumental Music.
GERTRUDE ALBERTSON.
Professor of Harmony and Fine Art.
HARVEY D. MILLER, B. S.,
Teacher of the Violin.

Literary Societies.

CLIONIAN.
Miss ANNA E. WILSON, President.
Miss ELLA PENNYPACKER, Secretary.
EALOZETEAN.
SHERIDAN GARMAN, President.
GEO. A. L. KINDT, Secretary.
PHILOKOSMIAN.
D. S. ESHLEMAN, President.
GEO. H. STEIN, Secretary.
Y. M. C. A.
GEO. K. HARTMAN, President.
HARRY W. MAYER, Secretary.
T. W. C. A.
Miss MAGGIE STRICKLER,
Miss ESTELLA STEHMAN.

Pkilokosmian Literary Society.

Esse Quam Videri.

Our school days pass by very rapidly.
We can scarcely realize that more than a
Bjonth of this term is already gone.
Nevertheless, it has been a very profitable
°ne for the society. Every member
seems to take a very active interest in the
Work. The literary performances are
With very few exceptions ably rendered,
"he debates, particularly, are spirited and
closely contested. Unusual life is being
Manifested in every department of societv
Work.

During the past month the names of
six young men have been added to our
list of members. They are the following :
Messrs. Hoverter, Wallace, Yoe, Henry,
Boyer and Beattie.

Among those who visited us during
the month were the following : Prof. Mc-
Dermad, Rev. Spayd and Wife, Misses
Brightbill, Walmer and Cowling and
Messrs. Smith, Henry, Berr, Sheets,
Saylor and Backastoe.

On the 25th ult., H. E. Runkel started
upon a trip to Chicago, where he will
remain for about two weeks enjoying the
sights that are to be seen at the Colum-
bian Exposition.

Among the prominent features of society
work are con-joint sessions with the
Clionian Literary Societ}-. Such a ses-
sion will be held on the evening of the
27th inst. A special programme has
been prepared for the occasion and a
pleasant time is anticipated.

The belief seems to be prevalent among
our numbers that co-education is advan-
tageous when applied to literary societies
as well as to the recitations in the class
room.

Kalozetean Literary Society.

Palma non sine pulvere.

Owing to the fact that the new editor
was not acquainted with the ways of this
journal, the items for last month were too
late. We hope to do better from this
time on.

Mr. H. H. Sloat, '93, has secured a po-
sition as teacher at Rockport, Carbon
county ; he writes and says he is well
pleased.

Mr. S. Evers, '91, has entered the theo-
logical department of Yale University.
It seems to 4*s that we may yet expect
great things of our friend.

Mr. J. F. Zug, '94, who spent last year
at Mt. Morris College, 111., has returned
and intends graduating this year. He
has many wonderful tales to tell of the
far West.

Mr. H. W. Mayer, '95, spent a week at
the World's Fair this month. He reports
a good time, and says it is hard to settle
down to work again.

Messrs. Pennypacker and Gable, who
were with us last year, have entered
Franklin and Marshall College; we are

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sorry to lose them, but wish them all suc-
cess in their new fields of work.

Mr. David Buddinger, who contemplates
entering the ministry, has joined us, and
w r e expect more to follow.

We take this opportunity to ask our
ex-members not to forget us. We would
be very glad to hear from you. It always
makes us feel more like going on when we
hear words of encouragement from our
former members.

Our Alumni.

'70. It is currently reported that Mrs-
John R. Reitzel (Mary A. Weiss) and
husband are making preparations to visit
Palestine and the Holy Land early the
coming winter and spend several years
there and in other lands of the Orient.

'73. Henry B. Stehman, A. M., M. D.,
was recently elected to a professorship in
Rush Medical College, Chicago.

'87, Rev. John L. Keedy, who com-
pleted the theological course at Yale last
spring, has returned for another year,
having won a prize which gives him a
year of special work. After he had
matriculated on entering Yale the Dean
said to him that he would have to study to
maintain the record of the L. V. C. boys.
He has nobly done it.

'88, Miss Sallie Mark, of Boston, is vis-
iting friends in Lebanon, Pa.

'88, Miss Alice Kutz, of Newville, Pa.,
visited Miss Mary M. Shenk on the 7th
inst., and spent a week. On the 20th of
next month she will return to Freeburg,
Pa., where she enters upon her third year
as teacher of music in Freeburg Academy.

'88. Rev. Joseph K. Wagner, B. S., has
accepted a call from the TJ. B. congrega-
tion at Russell, Kansas, and at the recent
session of the East Pennsylvania Confer-
ence took his transfer to the Northwestern
Kansas Conference. *

'91. Miss Ella N. Saylor has resumed
her work in the N. E. Conservatory of
Music in Boston, Mass.

'92. Hervin U. Roop, A. B., professor
in the State Normal School at Shippens-
burg, was admitted to membership of East
Pennsylvania Conference at its recent ses-
sion in Steelton.

'93. Harry H. Sloat has recently taken
charge of one of the public schools of
Carbon county.

'93, Miss Elvire Stehman, in company
with her father, spent the first part of this

month admiring the aesthetic and artistic
at the World's Fair.

Personals and Locals.

Mr. John M. Smeltzer, of Myerstown r
Pa., entered College as a classical Fresh-
man on the 9th inst.

John R. Wallace, '95, has won quite a
reputation for his original stories. They
are teeming with pathos and humor.

Miss Loose, who spent a week at the
World's Fair during September, has re-
sumed her work.

Miss Mary A. Zug, of Lebanon, Pa.,
who attended College during '87, has gone
to her church school at Mt. Morris to com-
plete the Teachers' course.

The Tennis Club have beautified their
courts under suggestions from its Presi-
dent and Prof. Shott.

The first public of the Junior rhetorical
will be given on November 11.

The Freshmen have placed their names
high on cupola of the College. The flag
of '97 floated to the breeze, but now looks
sad.

What Freshman takes his siesta in the
forenoon in the campus? He dormit near
the Tennis grounds.

Willie Wyand, a former student from
Keedysville, Md., was married on the 11th
inst to Miss Fannie Davis, of Rockville.

Messrs. Hartman and Huber will attend
the W. M. C. A. Convention at Wilkes-
Barre, from the 19th to the 22d inst.

Messrs. Runkle, Hoverter and Maysilles
on the evening of 17th inst. attended a
sociable in Lebanon, Pa.

The Tennis Club of Hummelstown has
accepted the challenge given by our club,
and the contest will take- place on our
grounds Saturday, the 28th inst.

W. H. Kreider, '94, attended the Fred-
erick Fair. He praises the hospitality of
the Maryland puellarum.

D. S. Eshleman, '94, did not take work
at the last Conference. He will devote
his entire time to his work in College.

Rev. M. J. Mumma visited the College
on the 20th inst.

Rev. Chas. Rhoads, of Philadelphia,
has been re-elected president of the Chris-
tian Endeavor Society at its recent meet-
ing in Reading. He was a student at the
College.

Miss Lavinia Isett, niece of Mrs. Bier-
man, has entered College in the depart-
ment of music.

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Mr. Maurice Bowman, of Royersford,
Pa., visited his sister on ltth inst., and
accompanied the students on their " chest-
nut picnic."

Mr. Chas. Saylor and Mrs. Mary E. Im-
boclen (Bowman) were married on the
17th inst. The services were performed
in the beautiful new home of the bride-
groom, on East Main street, in the pres-
ence of the immediate families.

The class in beginning Latin is one of
the largest for many years.

Miss Albertson has a very interesting
class in Elocution. Their recent effort on
the rostrum showed marked progress.

The Teachers' Institute of Lebanon
County will be held from November 20 to
25. A special feature will be the drill of
teachers.

Mr. C. E. Flook, editor of the Guide,
attended the October meeting of the
Executive Committee.

The first musical recital of the term was
largely attended. The performers did
excellently/ They will be given monthly.

The Base Ball Club has not been very
active this term. They are husbanding
their strength for the spring exhibitions.

Christian Association Notes.

The Social Reception, which was given
by the Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. to
the students and members of the Faculty,
was greatly enjoyed by all present.

Two classes in Bible Study have been
organized under the direction of the Y.
M. C. A. The one in Practical Bible
Study meets on Sunday afternoon ; the
other is using Stalker's Life of Christ, and
meets on Monday evening. G. K. Hart-
man has charge of the classes.

Special services appropriate to the Day
of Prayer for Young Women were held
here. Miss Sleichter was in charge of
the meeting.

G. K. Hartman and S. F. Huber will
represent the Y. M. C. A. at the State
Convention, which meets at Wilkes-Barre,
October 19th-22d.

Misses Sleichter, Flint and Strickler
expect to attend the Y. W. C. A. State
Convention at Lancaster, November 4th
a nd 5th, as the delegates from the College
Association.

The membership of the Y. M. C. A. has
increased considerably. The new mem-
bers are taking part in the meetings and
taking themselves generally at home in
the work.

Y. M. C. A. State Convention.

The 26th Annual Convention was one
of the most successful ones ever held in
this State.

It was held at Wilkes-Barre, October
19th to 22d. The incoming trains brought
delegates from all directions until the
number almost reached four hundred.
The ladies of the First M. E. Church
served an excellent dinner at the Asso-
ciation building to all who came on the
I morning or noon trains. The opening
session began at 3:30 p. m. Ex-Governor
James A. Beaver was elected President of
the Convention. He is an able, energetic
presiding officer who knows what to do
and when to do it. He is President of
the Bellefonte Association and a member
of the State Committee.

All the delegates took supper together,
at a large hall close to the Association
building, as the guests of the Wilkes-
Barre Association. The evening session
was devoted to an informal conference for
comparison of experiences and a careful
csnsideration of the past year's work.
The meeting was deeply impressive and
doubtless will tell on the work of the new
year upon which we have entered.

A very helpful topic which was dis-
cussed on Friday was " What do Our
Associations Most Need? " It was emi-
nently practical, and responses were given
by many delegates who represented the
general, college and railroad work. In-
teresting and instructive Bible Studies
were conducted during the sessions of the
Convention by S. D. Gordon, State Sec-
retary of Ohio ; J. W. Dean, " The
Quaker Evangelist," and Robert E. Speer.
of New York.

E. L. Shuey, of Dayton, Ohio, read a
most excellentpaper on " Possibilities of
the Educational Work of the Associa-
tions," which called forth many words of
warm commendation. He also made a
telling address at the Student's Confer-
ence. Evidently he is very much inter-
ested in all departments of Y. M. C. A.
work. At the close of the afternoon ses-
sion on Friday the College delegates
marched to the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
H. T. Atherton, where we were most
hospitably entertained. We enjo}-ed the
tempting viands prepared for the inner
man, and a pleasant social time and an
instructive college conference. The work
among railroad men was a prominent
feature on Friday evening, and the differ-

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ent phases of College Association work
were ably presented on Saturday evening.
The Opera House was crowded during
the Men's Gospel Meeting on Sunday
afternoon. It was effective in leading a
number of persons to desire an interest
in the Lamb of Calvary. It was densely
packed during the farewell services in
the evening. The year text for this vear
is Isa. 63 : 19, We Are Thine.

G. K. Hartman.

Reviews.

The Latin and High School Review of
Cambridge, Mass., Gas, published by the
National Normal University, Lebanon,
C.and the High School Calendar, Buffalo,
N. Y., are new exchanges.

Some of our exchanges gave us very
favorable words of commendation on the
improved appearance of our paper.

San Joaquin Valley College Ensign,
was one of our early exchanges last
month. Miss Alice Gingrich is Professor
in Music at that institution.

The Ossarist contains a cut of Rev. W.
M. Yates, the new Acting President of
Findlay College.

Rev. Yates is a young man, a graduate
of Findlay College and a native of the
Keystone State.

The Otterbein Aegis contains the open-
ing address which was delivered at that
institution by Rev. W. 0. Fries, an
Alumni of Lebanon Valley College. It
will bear careful reading and thoughtful
meditation.

The September number of many of our
former exchanges have not yet reached us.

The Chestnut Picnic.

The Junior Chestnut Picnic was held at
Mt. Gretna on the 1 8th inst. After prayers
on the day before, Mr. Maysilles extended
an invitation to faculty and students to
join them at Ladies' Hall, where teams
would be in readiness to accommodate all.
An applause followed that bespoke a
hearty acceptance.

At 7 o'clock the merry crowd left amid
class } r ells, songs, etc. The journey was
much enjoyed. Many air castles were
built; bushels of chestnuts in imagine
were to be gathered. On reaching the
park, the hunt began. Chestnuts large
and chestnuts fat, how they made our
hearts go pitty-pat. Thanks, thanks, kind
Juniors for supplying them. The day was

spent in games, boating and visiting the
sights. Prof. McDermad replied to the
toast " Our Juniors." The mountain air
gave all good appetites for the repast
which had been prepared.

A unique idea was the presentation of a
badge by the Juniors to each one, in their
class colors, which was worn as a souvenir
of the day. Not till the stars were shin-
ing, did we return. A more enjoyable
chestnut picnic was never spent. Thanks
to '95 for all your kindness.

A Blossom Study.

What can be more beautiful than the
bridal veil which nature casts over the
fruit trees in the opening spring? An
old apple-tree, with its gnarled branches
crowned with its exquisite blossoms of
radiant purity, touched here and there
with the rosy fingers of spring, it would
seem as if nature out of her overwhelming
wealth and wanton fulness of life had so
lavishly glorified the bare boughs, and
yet any botanist will tell us the contrary.

Blossoms impby poverty of conditions.
They would have become leaves had not
nature specialized them for the purpose of
reproducing the species. It is because
the blossoms are beset with limitations,
and crippled in their efforts to become
foliage, that they are the dainty S3^mpho-
nies of color and fragrance which rejoice
the eye while they endure, and afterward
fulfil their mission by being transformed,
in the wonderful alchemy of nature, into
the fruit, which is a seed-vessel containing
the embryo for another life. If the leafy
branch had not been interrupted and
limited in its progress, it would have
become merely foliage ; but by reason of
the poverty of conditions which were
necessary for this growth, it became a
blossom and then fruit, thus giving up its
own individuality that it might become a
means of reproducing many other trees
by its seeds.

Is there not a message for us in this
spring symphony of blossom? Nature
never breaks laws, but carries out per-
fectly all of the Creator's purposes.

Self-sacrifice, disappointment, limita-
tions in the tree, make it more beautiful,
and its culminating glory is when it gives
up its own purposes and is thwarted into
blossom.

Do we realize that it is only through
pain and disappointment and loss that we
reach the deepest meanings and the

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highest purposes of life ? Our plans are
so fair that it is hard to believe that, if
we could have carried them out, we should
have become nothing but leaves, and when
repression and loss comes, we let the
poverty of our conditions dwarf and
stunt our spiritual growth, instead of
producing the beautiful blossoms of sub-
mission, trust, and living for others,
which might have been the very crown of
our lives. — Sunday-school Times.

Rev. D. S. Early's Knock-Down Reply
to Cardinal McCloskey.

(Published by Editor.)

In December, 1878, D. S. Early, General
Agent of the IT. B. Mutual Aid Society,
was sent to Augusta, Maine, to confer
with the Insurance Commissioner as to
the admission of the Society to do busi-
ness in that State. In Portland he was
joined by Mr. B. L. Chadbourne, of East-
port, Maine, who was to accompany him
to Augusta in the interests of the Society.

Being seated together in the car, soon
after the train pulled out from Boston,
Mr. E. and Mr. C. engaged in conversa-
tion, and ere long, by request of Mr. C,
Mr. E. commenced to explain to him the
origin and creed of the Church of the
United Brethren in Christ. Being a very
energetic and demonstrative talker, Mr.
Early's manner attracted the attention of
nearly all in the car, and especially of an
elderly, clerical looking gentleman who
sat in the next seat behind them, who
happened to be (although Mr. Early did
not know it) none other than Cardinal
McCloskey, of New York. In the course
of his remarks, Mr. Early spoke in com-
mendable terms of some of the peculiari-
ties of the church of his choice, and
pointed out its superiority in doctrine on
certain points.

But in the midst of his earnest conver-
sation, Cardinal McCloskey interrupted
him by saying : " Yes, my friend, but
how do you know that your church is
right ? " This, from an entire stranger,
rather took Mr. E. off his pins ; but, re-
covering himself he turned to the Cardinal,
in blissful ignorance as to the greatness
of the man whom he was now addressing,
and began to assign reasons for believing
that his church was right. But as he
assigned one reason after another, the
Cardinal would always reply: "Yes, my
friend, but how do you know that your
church is right ? " and thus succeeded in

making it, for the time, quite warm for
Mr. Early. By this time nearly all the
passengers in the car (many of whom, in-
cluding Mr. Chadbourne, knew the Car-
dinal) were noticing with much interest
and amusement what seemed to be a very
unequal contest.

Finally, in his attempt at giving a
reason for believing that his church was
right, Mr. E. referred to Martin Luther
as an authority. But, at once the Car-
dinal replied by saying : " Yes my friend,
but how do you know that Martin Luther
was right ? " This was too much for Mr-
E. It raised his Pennsylvania Dutch
blood ; and, rising to his feet, and turning
around so as to look the Cardinal square
in the face, he said in a very loud voice
and with great emphasis, the eyes of all
in the car now fastened upon him : " Well
sir, since you have asked me that ques-
tion, I will just tell you how I do know
that Martin Luther was right. I know
he was right because of what he did.
There was the old Pope and all his Car-
dinals and Bishops and Priests and all
the Kings and armies of Europe on the
one side, and there was nobody but little
Martin Luther and God Almighty on the
other side ; and little Martin Luther just
took that old Pope's bull by the horns,
and gave his neck such a twist as he will
never get over until Gabriel blows his
horn, and sends the old Pope with all his
Cardinals, Bishops and Priests down to
hell where they belong. That, sir is the
way I know he was right." The last sen-
tence he roared out at the top of his
voice, and with its completion, all the
passengers in the car clapped their hands,
cheered and burst into roars of laughter.

Soon the train stopped, and the Car-
dinal, having reached his destination, left
the car, but before doing so he gave Mr.
Early a hearty shake of the hand, said he
was glad they had met and complimented
his pluck and shrewdness. When Mr.
Chadbourne informed Mr. E. that he had
been talking to Cardinal McCloskey, he
was somewhat stunned ; but, recovering
himself, he remarked in his characteristic
way : " Well, I don't care if I did handle
him a little roughly ; he interrupted us in
our conversation, and when a man does
that he must put up with what he gets."
From that on Mr. E. was lionized by
those New England passengers. They
seemed to be perfectly delighted over the
fact that in a wordy battle " a little Penn-

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sylvania Dutchman " (as Mr. Early was
wont to denominate himself) had so
completely unhorsed the great Cardinal
McCloskey, of New York.

From Itinerant. I. L. Kephart.

A Lesson from Pompeii.

In the year 79 the city of Pompeii,
standing in the fertile plain at the foot of
Mount Vesuvius, was overwhelmed by an
eruption of the volcano. For almost
seventeen centuries the' ruins of the city
lay buried under the mass of ashes and
other volcanic matter; and during the
Middle Ages even the fact that such a city
had once existed was lost from human
knowledge. In the year 1748 King
Charles III., of Naples, began to make
excavations in the site of the ancient city ;
and his search was soon rewarded by the
discovery of many interesting relics of the
once busy life of the place. The re-
searches have been continued since, and
for a number of years past the excavations
have been conducted under the direction
of the Italian government. About one-
half the city has been by this time ex-
humed. Such relics as can be removed
have been transferred to the great museum
in Naples. The ruined walls of the build-
ings are left standing, the lofty columns
and extent of some of them suggesting
the elegance of the city in the days of its
prosperity.

Among the most interesting of the re-
mains found are those of human beings,
in all manner of relations and attitudes.
Jn some instances families were taking
their meals when the suffocating and fiery
flood overtook them. Some were making
their toilets, others were taking their
baths, some were engaged about various
occupations, and some were in the streets
in the attitude of flight, as if seeking to
escape from the deluge of destruction.
Every kind of production belonging to a
busy city life has been unearthed, works
of art of various kinds, statues, fountains,
gods, coins, jewelry, clothing, pottery,
loaves of bread in the bake-shops, vehi-
cles, and so on. Dogs and other animals
in flight have also been found.

Large mural paintings also are among
the discoveries. Some of the dwellings
were homes of luxury, and their plastered
walls were ornamented with these rich
frescoes. The figures as sketched by the
artist and colored by his brush, now,

after a lapse of over eighteen centuries,
still stand out in their original and striking
effects.

One of the valuable lessons that we may
gather from the strange history of this
ancient city of Pompeii is that neither
earthquake nor volcanic eruption nor
lapse of prolonged centuries can coni-
pletety blot out the works of men's hands.
Our Friend boys and girls are painting
pictures now which twenty centuries
hence, or twenty centuries a thousand
times repeated, shall still stand forth in
all their clearness of outline and meaning.
In every day's words and acts, nay, in
each day's secret thoughts and unspoken
feelings, the brush is taken up and some
form of outline or coloring applied.

Again, every act of ours after it is per-
formed passes to the record of eternity.
We cannot change it ; it has passed out of
our power. Time may seem to cover it
up. It may not be recalled during our
life-time. But some time in the future the
rubbish of the ages will be removed, the
judgment will be set, and men will be
judged according to the deeds they have
done. Then all the acts of our earthly
life will stand forth with a distinctness
and power that will be to the wicked
utterly appalling. Murderers will see
ghastly pictures of blood ; drunkards their
beastly excesses ; gamblers their instru-
ments of fraud ; rumsellers their victims;
profane men will hear the echoes of their
profanity ; the vile of their filthy conver-
sation ; and every kind of wicked and de-
based people will meet again the true
transcript of their sinful lives on earth.—
Selected.

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CUMBERLAND VALLE Y KAILltOAD.

TIME TABLE— Oct. 1, 1893.

Doivx Trains.

C'bg
Acc.

Ky'e
Exp

Mr'g
Mail

Day
Exp

Ev'g
Mail

No. 12

No. 2

No. 4

No. 6

No. 8

P. M.

2 30

3 20
410

4 36

5 00
5 30

5 51

6 17
6 43

A. M.

A. 11.

6 15
700

7 40

8 09
8 30

8 55

9 15
9 40

10 04

A. M.

P. M.

" Martinsburg

8 30

11 25

11 48

12 08
12 30
12 50

115
1 40

'• Greencastle

" C'hambersburg

" Shippensburg

6 10
6 32

6 53

7 18
7 i'l

9 05

" Mechanicsburg

9 56

" Harrisburg

8 03

10 25

10 30

200

7 05

" Philadelphia

11 25

125

650

11 15

" New York

2 03

4 03

9 38

3 50

11 15

3 10

6 45

10 40

A. M.

P. M.

3 20

4 50
7 10

7 36

8;oo

8 16

8 53

9 20
9 43

10 05
A. M.
4 30
7 33
6 20

AM.

Additional trains will leave Carlisle dailv except Sunday at
5:55 a. m., 7:6S a. m., 3:40 p. m., stopping at all intermediate
stations, arriving at Harrisburg at 6:40 a. m., 8:03 a. m., 4-30
p. m.

Evening Mail runs daily between Harrisburg and Cham
bersburg.

Up Trains

Lv. Baltimore

" New York .. ..
" Philadelphia..

Harrisburg

Dillsburg

Mechanicsburg .
Carlisle

Greencastle.,
Hagerstown.

Win

Me's

Hag

Ev'g

C'bg

N. O.

Acc.

Exp

Acc.

Mail

Acc.

Exp-

No. 1

No. 3

No. 5 No. 7

No.17

No. 9

P. m.

A. M.

A. If.

A. M.

P. M.

11 40

4 45

8 53

11 20

2 15

4 23

8 00

12 15

9 00

200

2 06

11 20

4 30

8 50

11 50

2 20

4 30

A. M.

P. M.

P.M.

P. M.

4 40

7 53

12 40

3 40

5 20

8 00

5 03

8 13

1 03

4 01

5 41

8 20

5 30

8 36

1 29

4 25

605

8 44

5 55

900

1 52

4 55

6 36

9 08

6 15

9 21

213

5 10

6 57

9 29

6 40

9 43

2 35

5 35

7 20

9 50

7 02

10 04

3 01

5 50

10 12

7 25

10 27

3 25

6 18

10 35

9 30

11 12

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Volume VI.

Number 9.

THE

College Forum.

NOVEriBER, 1893.

CONTENTS:

^Editorials ...... 65, G6

^Meeting of Trustees 66

;Our College Agent 66

By. fm. O. Fries, A. M 66

&ight 66

£Fhe Sabbath Day 67-70

•The Demon of Nicotine 70

jj|A Huge Pile of Confederate Money ... 70, 71

^What is a Christian ? 71-73

The Liberty Bell 73

Musical Contest 73

TAGB

College Directory 74

Kalozetean Literary Society 74

Philokosmian Literary Society 74, 75

Clionian Literary Society 75

Our Alumni 75, 76

Alumni Dinner 76

Personals and Locals 76, 77

Our Exchanges 77

The Missionary Character of a College . 77, 78
Advertisements 78-80

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EDITORS.

H. CLAY DEANEK, A. M.,
Editor-in-Chief and Publisher.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS.
John H. Maysilles, '95. D. S. Eshelman, '91.

William H. Kreider, '91.

SOCIETY EDITORS.

Clionian Society— Miss Maggie Strickxer, '94.
Philokosmian Society— Oscar E. Good, '94.
Kalozetean Society— G. A. L. Kindt, '94.

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"~~ond-class mail matter.

Editorial.

The week of praj^er for young people
Df our colleges was observed.

The second entertainment of the lecture
course will be given on December 1.

The anniversary of the Clionians
romises " a feast of reason and a flow of

Id." _

The lace curtains which have beautified

ie Ladies' Hall are the gift of the ladies

'the Hall. _

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The Thanksgiving services will be held

the new Lutheran Church. Sermon

be preached by Rev. Spayd.

lrs. M. 0. Lane, wife of Rev. Lane,
ler agent of the College, died sud-
! nly of heart failure, aged sixty years
two months. Mrs. Lane had many
lends in Annville, who deeply mourn
death. The Forum sympathizes with

the bereaved husband and children and
prays that God's choicest blessing may
comfort and keep them, till reunited in
Heaven.

The recent family reunion of our pas-
tor, Rev. Spayd, was attended by their
parents and nearly all of their brothers
and sisters.

President Bierman will attend the
meeting of the College Association which
meets at Columbia College, New York
City, December 1st.

Football is receiving quite an impetus.
Daily the ball is sent across the campus
by skilled athletes, who are making for
themseves an enviable reputation.

The meetings were very spiritual and
well attended. Three have professed faith
in Christ. Our next issue will give a
more full account, as meetings are still in
progress.

The educational meeting of the presi-
dents and educators of our colleges to be
held at Johnstown, on the 28th inst., is
looked forth to as of great significance.
We as a church seem to be awake to every
interest save the equipping of our colleges.
Great questions are to be solved which
will effect the church in her influence in
the coming years. Despite the apathy
and neglect of the church in well endow-
ing her colleges, they have been powers
for good and given her prestige. We
rejoice that the day has come when the
highest authority of the church makes a
special call to consider the colleges' many

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needs and desire plans for speed}' relief.
Let the church praj- most fervently that
wisdom may be given those who shall
consider these vital interests of our Zion.

Meeting of Trustees.

The annual meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the College is regularly held
during Commencement week, and for
many reasons this is about the best time
for the transaction of its usual business,
but there are times when new interests
spring up which if properly directed at
once will inure to the advantage of the
enterprise under management, and which
if neglected or postponed will involve loss
in more than one way.

The Executive Committee, believing
that the auspicious time is at hand when
the right action taken by the authorities
of the College will very favorably tell for
its future prosperity, have therefore
authorized a call for a special session of
the Board on the tenth day of January
next. This call is accompanied with a
cordial invitation to all friends of the
College and education in general to meet
with the Board for the purpose of dis-
cussing the future interest of the institu-
tion and devising plans to make it what it
ought to be and readily m&y be made to
be by proper support — namely, first
among its equals in our State.

Within the borders of the five patroniz-
ing Conferences of the College there is
wealth enough controlled by our people
to fully equip and amply endow the insti-
tution, and we have the confident hope
that under proper direction that rrfny be
done at an early daj\ We await the
action of the coming meeting of the Board
with no ordinary solicitude.

Our College Agent.

We are gratified to state that the Exe-
cutive Committee of the College, at its
recent session, October 27th, by a unani-
mous vote elected the Rev. Martin J.
Mumma General Agent of the College.
Mr. Mumma is well known to nearly all
the readers of the Forum, and therefore
needs no introduction here. Suffice it to
say that he is a Christian gentlemen of
broad culture, excellent preaching ability,
a fine conversationalist, an indomitable
worker, and a man of winning manners.

The College is to be congratulated in
securing his services for this important
position, and with a united and earnest
support on the part of the friends of the
cause of education, we predict for him
eminent success.

Rev. Win. 0. Fries, A. M.

The friends in the East, and especially
those in Lebanon Yalley College, were
delighted when the welcome intelligence
came last week that the gentleman whose
name heads this article is appointed pastor
of Westerville (Ohio) TJ. B. Church.

This is the location of Otterbein Uni-
versity and with this congregation worship
the faculty and students of the institution.
Mr. Fries is an alumnus of Lebanon Yal-
ley, was graduated in the class of '82 and
afterwards completed a theological course
in Union Biblical Seminary.

Since then he has been preaching and
teaching in turn, and certainly no higher
compliment could come to any young man
than to be called to serve as college pastor
in a town and congregation whose pulpit
in former years was filled by men of emi-
nence like Dr. Swain, Dr. Chapman and
Bishop Mills. Lebanon Yalley takes pride
and tenders congratulations to her son in
his promotion.

Night.

Night, sable goddess,
Spreads her gloom o'er all,

Casting a deep shade,
Like unto man's fall.

Thy darkness hides sin ;

Foul acts there do dwell ;
Since light they will shun,

Dark deeds to plan well.

Calm, thou art lovely,

Peacefully sleeping.
The birds fold their wings,

Safe in thy keeping.

Nature calmly lies

In thy darkness still ;
Unbroken by naught

But God's holy will.

Thou emblem to all

Of eternity,
Dreadful and quiet

Thy reality.

Keep still thy silence;

Let it ever be
A warning always,

To keep me from thee.

N. C. S. '97.

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The Sabbath Day.

BY REV. GEO. F. BIERMAJJ, PH. D.

When man for his sins was driven from
the Garden of Eden, God permitted him
to carry with him two institutions estab-
lished for his good before the fall. Which
of these ordinances is the greatest mercy
to the world, or which is the dearest to
the heart of a good man or woman, I will
not here undertake to argue. One of these
is marriage, the other is the Sabbath day.
If he is the enemy of virtue who would
abolish the former, he certainly cannot be
the friend of God who would set aside the
latter. By restoring marriage as far as
possible to its original purity in Eden,
i. e., by confining it to pairs and render-
ing it indissoluble, the Christian religion
has incalculably advanced civilization,
peace and all the domestic virtues. By
restoring the Sabbath day as near as pos-
sible to its purity in Eden, i. e., by the
holy observance of all of it, man makes
the nearest approach to primitive inno-
cence and to future glory. There is cer-
tainly no example of any community,
large or small, ancient or modern, continu-
ing virtuous or happy for any considera-
ble time if they slighted either marriage
or the Sabbath day. While the Sabbath
day is contemporaneous with man in
Paradise, God re-instituted it on Sinai's
summit amidst the flashes of lightning
and the rolling of thunder, and placed the
command in the moral code, " Remember
the Sabbath day to keep it holy." It is
the only one in the Decalogue that is ex-
pressed both positively and negativel}'.
Infinite knowledge and wisdom have im-
posed upon man the bounden duty of
keeping this day sacred or suffer the fear-
ful consequences of a displeased and
angry God. We learn by experience that
the condition of a people does not render
it at all impracticable to keep the Sab-
bath day. Indeed to the children of
Israel on their long journey were wanting
maivy conveniences which we now enjoy
for its careful observance, and the law of
the Sabbath can as well be kept now as at
any former period. If it was practicable
at any time, it certainly is so now. No
good government will inflict a penalty
upon the transgressor to whom obedience
is impossible, even though the law re-
mains on the statute books.

Some laws expire by limitation. Such
are some of the laws of our country, and

such were some of the laws of Moses.
The whole ceremonial law ceased after the
death of Christ. Such was not the limit
of the Sabbath, because Christ who was
the fulfilling of the law set no limit for
the observance of this commandment.

A competent authority may repeal a law,
and thus its obligation may cease. Every
free government affords numerous in-
stances. In every well regulated govern-
ment the repeal must be made by the
authority which enacts the law. The
great Lawgiver of the world is God. He
ordained the law of the Sabbath, and he
has never repealed it. All admit that the
law was in force till Christ. Nor did he,
the Son of God, repeal it, but he came to
interpret and fulfil it. When the Phari-
sees were too exacting about his disciples
he said, " The Sabbath was made for man,
and not man for the Sabbath." Did
Christ's most devoted followers keep the
other commandments ? So did they keep
this. A law that was enacted with as
much care as the law of the Sabbath cer-
tainty demands our utmost attention. It
is introduced as no other. The very first
word is a memento — " Remember." This
word is found nowhere else in the Deca-
logue. It moreover, also, addresses man
in the singular, " Thou shalt," and even
goes to particularize by saying who is
meant, a particularity which is found in
no other precept of the table. In this
command God also reasons on the equity
of his demands. " I am no hard master."
I give you six days to do your necessary
work, therefore if you have any conscience
at all give me the seventh, it is mine —
it is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
Above all, do not rob God by profaning
the greatest blessing that he gives to man,
the da}' of rest. Best of all, God has set
for us the example by resting Himself on
the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

But while the law of the Sabbath is en-
acted with great care, it is also enacted
often. It was first established in the
Garden of Eden, re-enacted on Mount
Sinai and indorsed b} r Jesus Christ.
Pious men have always acknowledged it,
both under the old dispensation and
under the new. It is often noticed by
Moses, by David, by Isaiah and Ezekiel,
as well as by St. Luke and St. John.
But some one has said, " Old things have
passed away, and behold everything has
become new." The Sabbath under the
old dispensation was the seventh day in

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order, and now under the Christian dis-
pensation it is the first. The change was
made by the disciples. This change does
not, however, ignore the idea nor the law.
It still gives to God a seventh portion of
time. It is positive, too, not one in six,
one in ten, or one in twelve, but one in
seven, and besides it commemorates the
creation of the world and resurrection of
Christ, as well as recognizes the Lord's
day. God has also honored it by the out-
pouring of his Holy Spirit on the Day of
Pentecost.

In keeping God's commandments there
is great reward. The prophet Isaiah tells
us that " If thou turn away thy foot on
the Sabbath from doing thy pleasure on
His holy clay and call the Sabbath a de-
light, the holy of the Lord honorable;
and shalt honor him, not doing thine own
ways nor finding thine own pleasure, nor
speaking thine own words, then shalt thou
delight thyself in the Lord, and I will
cause thee to ride on the high places of
the earth and feed thee with the heritage
of Jacob thy father, for the mouth of the
Lord hath spoken it."

While, therefore, the law is good if used
lawfully and every blessing attends it, so
the violation of it brings misery and pain
and in the end eternal punishment, be-
cause of the wrath of Him who made all
things for good to them that love Him.
But while the Christian Sabbath is " the
day which the Lord hath made," we will
be glad and rejoice in it. Let us there-
fore see in what sense the law of the Sab-
bath is still binding. In the Decalogue
we learn that we are not to do any work,
either mental or physical, on the Lord's
day. Christ, who came to fulfil the law,
best interprets this law by His own life
and teachings when He said that "the
Sabbath was made for man." -

As " the Son of Man is Lord also of the
Sabbath," he showed his disciples as well
as the Pharisees that the law of the Sab-
bath as recognized by the children of
Israel was no more a formal code, but
had become a spiritual principle. For
" the letter killeth, but the spirit maketh
alive." The Decalogue tells us what it
forbids under a penalty of death. Christ
teaches us what it permits under a dis-
pensation of grace. The Saviour went
himself with his disciples on a journey on
the Sabbath day. He did not forbid
them to pluck the ears of corn and eat.
He healed the withered hand on the Sab-

bath day. He also crossed the sea of
Gennesarei in a boat after he had ordained
his disciples on the mount, and comes into
the country of the Gadarenes to drive out
the legion of evil spirits and heal the sick.

We learn from this that all labor except
what is of necessity or mercy is forbidden.
Although carnal man will abuse the doc-
trine of necessity and mercy to defend
his violations of the Sabbath day, yet
"the law is good if used lawfully."
Works of necessity as well as works of
mercjr are both permanent or occasional.
Works of necessity are permanent in pre-
paration for the house of God, and occa-
sional when unusual events take place, as
in the case of fire, flood or tempest.
Permanent works of mercy are such as
the supply of food and drink for our-
selves and families, guests and animals.
But " whether we eat or drink, or what-
ever we do, may we do it all to the honor
and glory of God."

There are three reasons why we ought
to '•'•remember the Sabbath day to keep it
holy:'

We ought to be glad to keep the Sab-
bath day for our own sakes, because " it
brings great reward," and because blessed
is the man that keepeth the Sabbath from
polluting it."

It is a remarkable experience of Judge
Hale during forty years. He says that
whatever he undertook in worldly busi-
ness on the Sabbath clay that business
never prospered. More than this. The
more careful he was in attending properly
and diligently to the duties and privileges
of the Lord's clay, the more happy and
successful he was during the following
week.

"A Sabbath well spent
Brings a week of content,
And a health for the toils of the morrow.
But a Sabbath profaned,
Whatsoe'er may be gained,
Is a certain forerunner of sorrow."

Of all the persons who were convicted of
capital crimes under Judge Hale while
on the bench, he found only a few who
would not confess, on inquiry, that they
began their career of wickedness by a ne-
glect of the Sabbath. Let a man lay a
foundation of no Sabbath, and he most
certainly finishes with the top-stone of
"no God." At a certain boarding house
there were fifteen young men. Six of
these were always present at the breakfast
table on Sunday morning, washed, shaved

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and well dressed, and ready afterwards to
go to church. They all prospered in
business and were honorable citizens.
The rest never appeared till near dinner
time and their toilet poorly done, only
ready to slip out at a convenient time to
walk in the park, drive out into the coun-
try or sail on the river. How different
these from the other six. They always
had a hard time to get along, led wicked
lives, and either ended their lives on the
gallows, in jail or in a drunkard's grave.
Of six ladies who spent their Sundays in
playing cards, five died either objects of
pity or without a moment's warning.
People despise God by visiting the open
cigar store or candy shop, or theatres or
picnic grounds on Sunday, and God takes
away the restraints of providence. There
ought, then, to be a keeping of the Sab-
bath and a reverence for the church, be-
cause as soon as man gives over caring
for the Sabbath, so soon will he neglect
his soul. Where will it end ? How shall
we escape if we neglect this part of so
great a salvation ?

Then we should remember the Sabbath
clay for the sake of our country. Nehe-
miah in talking to the princes of Judah
addressed them thus : " What evil thing
is this that ye do to profane the Sabbath
by : Did not } r our father thus, and did
not our God bring all this evil upon us
and upon this city ? Yet ye bring more
wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sab-
bath." Napoleon Bonaparte began the
battle of Waterloo on the Sabbath, and
the result was that he was defeated, his
army destroyed, and the empire lost.
■General Montgomerj- made the attack on
Quebec, and his army was defeated and
he was among the slain. The British
began the battle of New Orleans on the
Lord's day, and utter defeat attended
them. God's blessing does not rest on a
nation that breaks the Sabbath. The
success of Messrs. Bynall in the town of
Staffordshire, England, and the prosperity
of the community was wholly due to the
observance of the Sabbath day. Not a
mill nor a furnace was in operation on a
Sunday, no labor strikes to mar their
happiness. It would undoubtedly be a
wholesome lesson for a Homestead or
any communit} 7 to take a look across the
Atlantic. In the dark days of the French
Revolution the divine Sabbath was tramp-
led in the dust and a tenth day substi-
tuted without divine saction, and so

frightful did society become that even the
infidel authorities had to reinstitute the
divine Sabbath and public worship in
order to save the metropolis and the
country from utter desolation. France is
still reaping the sad vintage of her folly,
nor will she ever have a permanent repub-
lic until she stops her roaring, roystering,
rollicking Sabbaths and gives the Lord
His day. Blackstone says : " The Sab-
bath is of admirable service to the state
considered merely as a civil institution."
"A corruption of morals usually follows
the profanation of the Sabbath." The
state depends upon the home, and if the
home is defiled by the violation of the
laws of God, the state must necessarily be
affected. From the Sabbath-loving home
the state secures its best citizens. The
might}' agency of the Sabbath day oper-
ates in suppressing the criminal and
pauper classes of the land, and secures
the peace and safet}' of all citizens. If we
look over the map of freedom, we see that
those nations that keep the Sabbath day
holy are most prosperous. The present
financial crisis of '93 may serve as a lesson
that while as a nation the United States
ranks foremost on the globe, God desires
nevertheless his Sabbath to be respected ;
for, who knows but all may be the out-
come of the violation of the Sabbath in
opening the World's Fair at Chicago on
Sunday in accordance with the decision
of Judge Goggin that was made while
under the influence of liquor. Though he
made himself odious to the better class of
people, yet "the just must suffer with the
unjust." It not only brought shame to
the bar, but to us as a nation. God still
visits the iniquities of the people.

Lastly, yet not in the least, should we
remember the Sabbath day for the LoraVs
sake. God rested on the first Sabbath
after the Creation, thus setting us a most
blessed example how to keep the Sabbath
day by making it a holy day instead of -a
holiday. If we keep His day sacred we
please and honor Him, and thus gain His
favor in a crown of everlasting life. God
has often visited sore calamities on many
violators of the holy Sabbath. From the
days of the man who perished for his sins
in the camp of Israel to the present day,
God has made awful examples of Sab-
bath-breakers. Men forsake God and He
forsakes them. It is very evident to
every Christian man and woman of this
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rise up en masse to protect this God-
given institution so dear to the heart of
every child of God. People are drifting
away into antinomian laxity. We, -as a
nation, are in agitation more or less be-
cause of the strenuous efforts made by
"wicked men so greedy of gain as to over-
throw the sacredness of the Sabbath by
the enactment of laws to abolish the pres-
ent statutes entirely or so to modify them
as to permit many things which are vio-
lations of that one supreme law. No
legislative body or potentate has any
right to use their God-given authority in
an unreasonable manner and interfere
with laws established by God. The bold
assumption of unprincipled men are
caused by the lust of money and pleas-
ure, and wholesome laws are trampled
under foot. There is to-day a strong
tendency towards a so-called Continental
Sabbath. Will we allow the foreign ele-
ment to Europeanize America? Can we
give up the American Sabbath bequeathed
to us by our forefathers? De Tocque-
ville, the celebrated French statesman,
who was commissioned by his country
to visit America for the purpose of study-
ing the genius of our institutions, said
before the Chamber of Deputies : " I went
at your bidding and passed along their
thoroughfares of trade. I ascended their
mountains and went down their vallej^s.
I visited their manufactories, their com-
mercial markets and their emporiums fo
trade. I entered their judicial courts and
legislative halls, but I sought everywhere
in vain for the secret of their success until
I entered their Church. It was there as
I listened to the soul-equalizing, soul-ele-
vating principles of the gospel of Christ,
as they fell from Sabbath to Sabbath
upon the masses of the people that I
learned why America was great and free,
and why France was a slave." The end
of the Sabbath would be for the United
States the beginning of the reign of Mam-
mon, Bacchus and Yenus, which would
finally overwhelm us in temporal and
eternal ruin. From such a fate may the
God of Lexington and Gettysburg de-
liver us. The Sabbath question is one of
life and death in regard to Christianity.
While the enemy of our religion tried the
sword and fagot and could not destroy
the gospel, the shades of perdition are
trying to creep over this fair and happy
land in another form. The last weapon
that the enemy seeks to employ where-

with to destroy Christianity is to "cor-
rupt " the Sabbath day and make it a day
of festivity and sensual pleasure. "Vol-
taire, one of the greatest infidels the world
ever had, said : " There is no hope of ever
destroying Christianity so long as the
Sabbath is kept as a sacred day."

"Welcome sacred day of rest,

Sweet repose from worldly care.
Day above all days the best ;

When our souls for heaven prepare.
Day when our Redeemer rose

Victor o'er hosts of hell.
Thus he vanquished all our foes ;

Let our lips his glory tell."

The Demon of Nicotine.

In an article recently published Capt.
Charles King, the well-known writer,
paints a vivid picture of the terrible effect
of the tobacco vice upon men in active
military life. Describing one of the cam-
paigns against the Apaches he says : " I
saw brave and war-worn men — soldiers
who had fought all through the Rebellion
and all over the plains and mountains of
the West — pleading with tears in their
eyes for a little tobacco. Extreme cold,
or wet, or starvation they could bear with-
out a murmer, but, deprived of tobacco,
they .broke down utterly and ' wilted y
like children."

It would be scarcely possible to depict
more forcibly the awful consequences
which follow in the train of indulgence in
the tobacco habit. It eats away the very
essentials to manliness, saps a man's
vitality and reduces him to a condition'of
abject serfdom. If possible his condition
is worse than that of slavery, for he is in
bondage, not to a fellowman, but to a
poison — a product of an inferior world,
the vegetable kingdom. In a large meas-
ure the insanit}^ prevailing in this country
is to be attributed to the use of tobacco.
Against the insidious approach of this
monster, and the contamination of its
poisonous breath, there is but one sure
protection and that is complete abstinence
from the use of tobacco in every form —
Young Men's Era.

A Huge Pile of Confederate Money.

«8<»,000,000 of Bills Issued by the Departed Na-
tion Shipped to Atlanta.

Eighty million dollars in bills were
shipped to Atlanta yesterday, the mam-
moth packages of money filling five large
dry goods boxes and making in all more

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than a dray load. None of the bills are
current however, as they represent "noth-
ing in God's earth now and naught in the
waters below it. " They were Confederate
bills of the rarest type.

The huge pile of Genuine Confederate
money was shipped here from Richmond,
Va., the former capital of the Confederacy,
and is now the property of Mr. Chas. D.
Barker, No. 90 S. Forsyth Street, this city.
The money is of every denomination issued
by the departed nation, and in the big col-
lection are bills of the rarest type. There
are bills issued during every year of the
war. Thousands of them are very valu-
able as relics, but the great number of them
Mr. Barker has on hand will make them so
common as to bring but little on the mar-
ket.

This eighty millions of dollars of Con-
federate money has been all along sup-
posed to have been destroyed. This is
undoubtedly the largest lot of Confederate
money in the world. — Atlanta, Ga., Con-
stitution, June Jfth.

What is a Christian?

Rev. W. H. Washinger, A. B., an-
swers the above important question in his
evening sermon Sunday, 12th inst.

" And the disciples were called Chris-
tians first in Antioch." Acts 11, 26.
His theme — " What makes a Christian, or
the characteristics of the Christian by the
possession of which he is known."

" Antioch was a large and important
city, and one of the first places where the
disciples established a church. It was
one of the finest cities in the world;
Situated about three hundred miles north
of Jerusalem. Among the half million of
inhabitants could be found the representa-
tives of almost every nation on the globe.
It was in this respect very much like New
York city, and was founded B. C. 300 by
Seleucus Nicator, and named after his
father, Antiochus. It grew rapidly and
soon became recognized as ' one of the
three greatest cities in the civilized world.'
It was almost an Oriental Rome.

" The word ' Christian ' was not given
or assumed by the disciples, but applied
by the heathen as a term of derision.
That powerful epithet has swept over all
nations, thrilling millions of souls.
Wherever the wilderness has been made
glad and the desert has blossomed as the
f ose, the name Christian has been and is

heard. Shakespeare may say, ' What's in a
name.' ' A rose by any other name would
smell as sweet,' yet what other name
could be substituted for the name Chris-
tian ? Many names have been used show-
ing their character such as faithful, saints,
brethren, disciples, believers, but the name
Christian is the noblest and best of all.
It shows our master and leader and pat-
tern, our Saviour and hope. The name
Christian is no longer held in derision.
Ask the mother and the father whose
child lies in the slimy jaws of death,
whether they are Christians. If not, they
say: 'No, I am ashamed to say it, we
ought to be. The same reply comes from
all men in their sober moments.'

" What makes a Christian ? The ques-
tion is sometimes asked. What makes a
Jew? What makes a Buddhist? What
makes a Mohammedan ? A Jew would
doubtless say that belief in God, which is
not a dogma, but an intuition, whose at-
tributes are unity, incorporeality, eternity
and omnipotence, is the admamantine
basis on which Judiasm rests. He might
add to this the reality of Revelation as the
giving of the law through Moses, and
future reward and punishment for those
who obey or trangress divine law.

" It does not mean to have a rented pew,
or simply to have your name recorded on
the church record. A man may be able
to draw a map of Palestine and yet not be
a Christian. He may read the Bible
through once each 3'ear and yet not be a
child of grace.

" To be a Christian means to do some-
thing. To be a Christian means to be a
Christ man, and consequently a Christ
woman. To be a Christian then is to be a
man in Christ. Paul in referring to his
translation to the third Heaven says : " I
know a man in Christ," 2d Cor. 12. 2.

"The first step towards being a Christian
is to believe on Jesus as did the Philipian
jailer.

" Second — True Repentance. The first
great word that most men need is ' re-
pent.' It implies a change of mind or a
turning about and going the other way.
We are naturally selfish, and we ought to
be unselfish. We mainly consult our own
pleasure when we should consult God's
will. Repentance is not a matter of tears,
but a changing of one's course of life ; it
is in action as much as in feeling. Peni-
tence is a bridge of golden chains that
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the chasm which separates God from man
and man from God.

" Third — A new birth, not simply a
reformation of life. The words of Christ
to Nicodemus, ' Ye must be born again,'
have been ringing through the ages.
Morality will never expand into Chris-
tianity any more than a pebble will expand
into the oak.

"Fourth — A thorough and complete
change of character. This is the natural
result of the regenerated man. He has
a character, a Christian character, that
will develop into wondrous beauty. The
possession of such a character makes a
man rich in this world and in the world
to come. The question is sometimes
asked. What is the source of character ?
Where does it exist? Whence does it
come ? We answer, character comes
from the power of God in the soul.
Every man is like the God he worships.
Our God is holy. Heathen Gods are en-
larged human beings with enlarged human
vices, as is seen in the creations of Roman
and Greek mythologies. A Christian
character is the jewel that blazes on the
brow of ro}^alty.

"Sixth — To be a Christian is to have the
spirit and mind of Christ. If any man
have not the spirit of Christ, he is none
of his, Rom. 8. 9. ' For as many as are
led by the spirit of God, thev are the sons
of God.' Rom. 8. 14.

" Seventh — Christ's spirit was calm in
death. He said : ' Father into thy hands
I commend my spirit.' The secret of
this tranquility was, ' Father, I have
glorified thee on earth, I have finished
the work Thou gavest me to do.'

"In conclusion, are there any persons
present to-night who desire to become
Christians? I believe you all wish to be
Christians. You mean to before you die.
You want to go to the Christian's
Heaven. Will you not believe on Jesus.
Repent, be born again, receive a thorough
and complete change of character, conse-
crate yourself to God? Then you will
have the Spirit of Christ, which was a
spirit of compassion, an humble spirit, an,
unselfish spirit, a spirit of holy zeal, of
devotedness to God, a spirit of prayer, a
calm spirit in the hour of death.

"Begin to pray. Begin to praise God.
Talk to men of salvation. Live like a
Christian and you will die like a Christian.

"If you would feel like a Christian, act
like one, live like one. The way to be a

Christian is not in forming resolutions
and never fulfilling them. Many resolve
and re-resolve, and do and die the same.
Do as the scholar does, go to studying;
as the traveler does, start on the journey;
as the workmen does, take hold and work;
as the farmer does, put in the spade and
plough.

" The way to be a Christian and remain
a Christian is to let alone the thing. that
is wrong, and take hold of the thing that
is right.

" Let the sun of righteousness shine on
the willing soul, and ere long it blossom
with Christian graces. Let the pierced
hand of Calvary touch you, and out of the
ashes of a burnt spiritual nature will flash
the flame of a love to God more pleasing
in His sight than all the songs of the re-
deemed hosts in Heaven. For I read in
my Bible, ' I saj^ unto }~ou, that likewise
joy shall be in Heaven over one sinner that
repenteth, more than over ninety and nine
just persons, which need no repentance.'
Luke, 15:7. You ought to be a Christian
not so much to be saved from hell in the
next world as to save you from sin and
meanness in this. What people need to-
day is not some charm, or theory, or pass-
word that takes away the fear of hell, but
a plain, practical gospel preached to them
and an acceptance of Jesus Christ as a
personal Saviour which makes them Christ
men and Christ women. Not how to die,
do most people need to know, but how to
live. The burden of him who went up
and down the earth with gentle face and
gentle hands, inviting men and women to
come unto him and be saved was to teach
men how to live, not how to die.

" If a man lives in Christ, walks in Him,
as he receives him, he finds death capable
of taking care of itself, and that he need
not trouble himself about it. He will not
worry about the 'Annihilation Theory,'
'Soul Sleeping,' and many of the theories
advanced which are unscriptural, unphilo-
sophical, and contrary to common sense,
and that something in man which tells
him he is to live forever — even after the
last bright star is stricken out of the
Spangled Curtain of Night— forever at
once either with God and angels and the
blood-washed throng in the church tri-
umphant or with the devil and his agents
in the world of lost spirits. You do not
need an insurance policy against fire m
the next world, but an insurance policy
certifying that you have in your posses-

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sion eternal life. That insurance and
blessed assurance which Paul had when
he said, 'I am crucified with Christ;
nevertheless, I live ; yet not I, but Christ
liveth in me ; and the life which I now
live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the
Son of God, who loved me and gave him-
self for me.' Gal. 2:20.

" Two gentlemen occupied a section in a
palace car. A friend, waiting to bid one
of them good-bye, asked : ' Have you an
insurance ticket?' 'Oh, yes,' was the
reply, ' I am insured.' When the friend
had gone the traveling companion asked :
' Are you insured forever V The gentle-
man looked up in surprise, not at all un-
derstanding: 'No, I only insure for a
year at a time.' ' But I,' said the stranger,
'am insured forever.' Still misunder-
standing, the gentleman replied : ' Oh,
yes, I know you can do it by one pay-
ment, but it costs a great deal.' ' Yes,'
was the reply, ' mine was done by one
payment, and cost a great deal. It cost
me nothing but it cost God His Son. It
pays to be a Christian. It pays to be in-
sured in the King's insurance company. It
is the oldest in the world. Its policies
never expire. It has never changed its
management. It insures a man for more
than he is worth. All those who have
souls may apply.'

" To be a Christian is to receive all
kinds of benefits. The religion of the Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ pays all sorts of
benefits. Sick benefits and benefits to self
after death, over yonder. Will you be
numbered among Christians to-night." —
Call, Harrisburg.

The liberty Bell.

On the afternoon of November 3d
about four hundred scholars of the public
schools of Annville, the Faculty and stu-
dents of the College, and several hundred
I citizens greeted the Liberty Bell as it
passed en route to Philadelphia. The de-
pot was beautifully decorated with flags.
One especially attracted attention as giv-
' ing evidence of having been in the late
I Civil War.

As the train neared the station it
j slacked up, and all were permitted to see
that bell which proclaimed liberty through-
out all the land, unto all the inhabitants
thereof.

This bell, known as "the Liberty Bell,"
has a history that becomes of greater in-

terest as the years roll on. It was
brought originally from London in 1T52.
In testing its sound, when hung, it was
cracked. It was recast in Philadelphia
hy Pass & Stow, from the old material.
After three castings, the bell was consid-
dered satisfactory and put in its place in
in July, 1*753. The motto was selected
by Isaac Norris, Chairman of the As-
sembly. In 1778 the bell was removed
to Allentown, Pa., so that it might not
fall into the hands of the British, who
were about to occupy the city. On the
Evacuation of the city by the British, the
bell was brought back and replaced in its
old position. During the public reading
of the Declaration, which took place in
the State House yard on the 8th of July,
1776, it probably rang. John Adams
speaks of it, that "" The bell rang all day
and almost all night." The years its
tones were only prophetic were long and
trying. It rang not actual freedom, but
the hope of freedom.

For about half a century it celebrated
every National anniveasan\ While be-
ing tolled in memory of Chief Justice
Marshall, whose remains were being car-
ried on July 8, 1835, to the wharf, to be
sent to Virginia, a large crack was devel-
oped. This break was only at first eight
or ten inches in length, but when rung on
February 22, 1843, it was so increased
that ever afterward it could not be heard
at a distance of more than a few feet. It
has performed its mission and has be-
come a silent memento of the great past.

Musical Contest.

We have received from the publishers,
the two great rival inarches :

" Protective Tariff Grand March,"
and

" Free Trade Grand March."

The former is by the well known
author, Will L. Thompson, of East Liver-
pool, Ohio. The latter is by Wm. Lam-
artine, an author of equal talant, and
both pieces are beautiful, bright and
showy marches of medium difficulty for
the piano or organ. Price 40 cents each.

They are for sale at all music stores, or
may be procured from Mr. Thompson at
one-half price. One firm alone has
ordered 15,000 copies.

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College Directory.
Faculty.

E. BEN J. BIERMAN, A. M., Ph. D.,

PRESIDENT,

Professor of Mental and Moral Science.
H. CLAY DEANER, A. M.,
Professor of the Latin Language.

JOHN E. LEHMAN, A. M.,
Professor of Mathematics.
Rev. JNO. A. McDERMAD, A. M.,
Professor of the Greek Language.
JOHN A. SHOTT, Ph. B.,
Professor of Natural Science.

MARY E. SLEICHTER, A. B.,
Professor of English Literature.

CARRIE M. FLINT,
Professor of Instrumental Music. ,
GERTRUDE ALBERTSON.
Professor of Harmony and Fine Art.
HARVEY D. MILLER, B. S.,
Teacher of the Violin.

Literary Soeieties.

CLIOMAN.
Miss ANNA E. WILSON, President.
Miss ELLA PENNYPACKER, Secretary.

KALOZETEAN.
SHERIDAN GARMAN, President.
GEO. A. L. KINDT, Secretary.

PHILOKOSMIAN.
D. S. ESHLEMAN, President.
GEO. H. STEIN, Secretary.
Y. M. C. A.
GEO. K. HARTMAN, President.
HARRY W. MAYER, Secretary.

T. W. 0. A.
Miss MAGGIE STRICKLER, President.
Miss ESTELLA STEHMAN, Secretary.

Kalozetean Literary Society.

Palma non sine pulvere.

Our Society work this month has been
seriously interrupted by lectures, etc., but
we have been amply repaid by the good
things we have heard.

An election of officers was held which
resulted in : President, S. Garman ; record-
ing secretary, G. A. L. Kindt; corres-
ponding secretary, H. W. Mayer. We
take pleasure in announcing these names,
and hope that the Society's best interests
will be greatly advanced.

Owing to the fine weather, the gymna-
sium will not be opened this term, but
next term it will be opened and classes
started in different kinds of drill.

Rev. IT. S. G. Renn, pastor of the
TJ. B. church at Oberlin, Pa., was with us
several weeks ago. The gentleman gave
us a glowing address, in which was em-
bodied much good advice. Our brother
expresses himself as in every way satisfied
with his calling, and we pray he may be
richly rewarded for his labors.

Rev. J. T. Spangler, '90, now a member
of the Senior class at the TJ. B. Seminary,.
Dayton, 0., called on us. He was on his
way to New Haven, Conn., to attend a
convention of theological students of
which he was a delegate. We were very
sorry the gentleman could not be with us
at a regular meeting, but he could give us
much encouragement anyhow.

These visits show that we are not yet
forgotten by our former members.

Philokosmian Literary Society.

Esse Quam Videri.

If in any organization the order of ex-
ercises is allowed to become monotonous,
a decline in activity is a necessary conse-
quence. The Philo boys, recognizing
this fact, resolved to devote the evening
of October 20 to exercises in the way of
parliamentary drill. In these exercises
the ludicrous was not entirely forgotten,
and a very pleasant evening was spent.
Among the propositions brought before
the body was one with reference to the
advisability of building an elevated steam
railway connecting the ladies' and gentle-
men's buildings.

The bill was, however, after consider-
able discussion, suffered to drop.

The conjoint session of the Clionian
and Philokosmiam Literary Societies, held
on the 27th ult., was by all present de-
clared to be one of the best and one of
the most highly enjoyable ever held by
these societies. There seems to be a gen-
eral wish that they would come oftener.
Cyrus Flook, an ex-member and editor of
the Frederick County Guide, and Prof.
Shott were with us on this occasion, and
gave us interesting addresses.

The evenings for our regular meetings
have been taken up by other exercises for
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several weeks to come. This state of
things has a tendency to disorganize us
somewhat, but we propose entering upon
our work with increased zeal when these
interferences are past.

Among our friends who have visited us
during the past month are the following :
Misses Albertson, Flint, Richards, Kline-
dinst, Walters, Loose, Gingrich, "Wilson
and Strickler, and Messrs. Erb and Um-
berger.

Gr. K. Hartman left Annville on the 4th
inst. for his home, where he spent several
days.

D. S. Eshleman spent several days at
Royersford visiting Prof. Bowman.

The Society will hold a book reception
December 8th. An interesting program
has been provided, and all our friends are
invited to be present.

Clionian Literary Society.

Virtute et Fide.
Society work during this term has been
pursued by a zest characteristic of the
Clionians. Weekly meetings have been
d and interesting programmes ren-
ered. At present preparations for the
nniversary on Thanksgiving evening are
hflming the attention of the Clios. We
would ask the presence of as many ex-
members and friends as possible, and thus
show us that you are still interested in the
C. L. S.

A joint session of P. L. S. and C. L. S.
was held October 27, 1893. This session
was considered the most successful yet
held by the two societies. After all had
assembled the meeting was organized
with Miss Mabel Saylor as President;
Mr. W. H. Kreider, Secretary ; Miss
Sleichter, Critic; Miss Albertson, Chap-
lain; Miss Bowman, Pianist. The follow-
ing interesting programme was then ren-
dered :

Instrumental Duet— . ,

Misses Pennypacker and Stehman.
Address— Reminiscences of my Summer Vacation,

S. F. Huber.

Vocal Solo— Miss Wilson

Essay— The most Striking Tiling at the World's Fair,

Miss Flint.

^citation— Miss Albertson.

fostruinental Solo— Miss Fortenbaugh.

Autobiography— Miss Bowman.

•ocal Solo— O. S. Eshleman.

Debate— Resolved, That woman in her present
sphere has a greater influence than if she were
granted the right ot suffrage,

Affirmative, Miss Black, Mr. Stem.
Negative, Miss Stehman, Mr. Albert.
.Living Branch"— ....O. E. Good, Maggie Strickler.
•ocal Quartette— . _ .

Misses Black and Pennypacker, Messrs Good
and Beattie.

We were glad to have with us at joint
session, Prof. Shott and Rev. Flook.

Miss Fortenbaugh, of York, was agree-
ably surprised by a visit from her cousin.
Prof. Prowell, of Hanover, and her aunt,
Mrs. H. S. Miller, and son, of York.

Miss Ida Bowman, a former member,
has returned to school to complete the
musical course. She is a very active
worker in the society.

Miss Wilson, '94, and Miss Forten-
baugh are contemplating a novel trip next
week. An account of it will appear in
the next issue of the Forum.

Misses Kreider, Shenk, Brightbill, Ging-
rich and Keller paid the society a pleas-
ant visit in the beginning of the term.
We are alwaj^s glad to have our friends
and ex-members drop in to see us, and
would cordially invite them to come again.

Miss Grace Light, of Lebanon, and Miss
Carrie Weiss, Harrisburg, called at the
Ladies' Hall.

Our Alumni.

'90, The Rev. J. T. Spangler, student
in the Union Biblical Seminary at Day-
ton, Ohio, was one of the delegates to the
American Inter-Seminary Alliance Con-
vention, recently held at New Haven,
Conn. He read by previous appointment
a paper on " St. Paul as a Missionary,"
and the reporter compliments him by say-
ing that " he had a grand man to talk
about, and proved himself equal to the
task."

'91, The Rev. S. C. Enck recently met
with a serious accident. While he was
cutting wood in his yard at Manheim,
Pa., where he is pastor of our church, the
hatchet he was using slipped from his
hand and struck his right leg, cutting a
gash two inches deep and nearly three
inches long.

'80, Superintendent S. 0. Goho, of Mil-
ton, this State, is one of the leading lec-
turers at the Lebanon County Teachers'
Institute this year.

'87, The Rev. H. T. Denlinger, until re-
centty a member of the Allegheny Con-
ference, united with the East Pennsylva-
nia at its late session at Steelton, and was
appointed pastor of the Penbrook charge,
East Harrisburg.

'90, E. 0. Burtner, B. S., is attending
the TJ. B. Seminary.

'91, Samuel J. Evers, A. B., has entered
the theological department of Yale.

THE COLLEGE FORUM.

'88, Miss Sallie A. Mark, of Cambridge-
port, Mass., recently paid a pleasant visit
to the College.

'80, S. P. Light, A. M., of Lebanon, Pa.,
•was recently elected Vice-President of the
Lebanon and Annville Electric Railroad.

Alumni Dinner.

The committee appointed by the Al-
umni Association to make the necessary
arrangements for a grand rally and ban-
quet of alumni and friends of the Col-
lege have about completed the arrange-
ments. The meeting will be held at the
Commonwealth Hotel, Harrisburg, Pa.,
on the 28th day of December next, at
8 o'clock p. m. It is desired that there
be a large representation of alumni and
friends. Notices have been sent to every
member of the alumni, and if an}^ one fails
to receive word it will be no fault of the
committee. A failure to receive notice
should hinder none from attending, as all
are most cordially invited. Two dollars
will entitle one to all the privileges.

The following is the programme :

TOASTS.

*' Our Alma Mater,". . Prof. A. H. Gerberich, B. S., '88.
" The Sunny Side of College Life,"

Ex-President C. J. Kephart, A. M.
" The Alumni of L: V. C,"

Simon P. Light, A. M., '80.

«' The Board of Trustees,"

Bishop E. B. Kephart, D. D., LL.D.

IMPROMPTU ADDRESSES.
MENU.

Blue Points on Half Shell.

Celery Mayonnaise.
Potage.
Green Turtle.
Filet de Boeuf with Mushrooms.
Potatoes Parisienne.
Quail on Toast. Saratoga Chips.

Cranberry Jelly.
Dessert.

Strawberry Ice Cream. Assorted Cakes.

Roquefort Cheese. French Coffee.
Fruit.
Cigars.

Personals and Locals.

Rev. E. J. Meese, pastor of the U. B.
church of this place, was joined in the hoty
bonds of matrimony Thursday last to Miss
Catherine Crosb}% of Massachusetts. The
•ceremony was performed by Rev. James
Chadwick, D. D., at the residence of the
bride's sister, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Rev.
Meese has made many warm friends dur-

ing his short residence in this community,
and they all join us in wishing him a happy

and prosperous voyage through life .

Boonsboro, 3fd., Times.

Mrs. Bierman, spent a week at Philadel-
phia during the first of the month visiting
friends.

The Missionary Band of the church gave
a unique entertainment in the college
chapel on the evening of the 10th inst.,
consisting of music, recitations and tab-
leaux.

During Hallow E'en some of the little
boys (?) of the college got lost and did
not materialize till next morning. Their
faces became radiant when they realized
that they were home again.

W. H. Kreider, '94, attended the Lech-
leider-Houck wedding at Harmony Grove,
Md., on the 8th.

The late Dr. Cyrus A. Loose, of Pea-
body, Kansas, who was interred at Myers-
town, Pa., on the 9th, inst., was a student
of the college during 1861-68, and was one
of the founders of the Philokosmian Lit-
erary Society.

Prof. Lehman was re-elected president
of the Conferance Y. P. C. U. at its recent
session at Mountville, Pa.

John R. Wallace, '95, spent the 12th
inst. in Harrisburg, visiting his cousin.

The Prohibition Club have elected
their orators for the oratorical contest, to
be held January — , 1894. They are as
follows : 0. E. Good, '94, D. S. Eshleman,
'94, G. K. Hartman, '94, S. F, Huber, '94,
J. H. Maysilles, '95, and J. R. Wallace, '95.

The Tennis Tournament which was to
be held on October 25 was not held, ow-
ing to the inclemency of the weather.

The Junior Rhetorical will be held De-
cember 9. It was deferred on account of
the Week of Prayer.

The pianos have been repaired by
Messrs. Farr and Burton, of Reading, Pa.
The Department of Music rejoices, and
promises the public some very extra
music in the near future.

The concert given in the College chapel,
November 3d, by the Amphion Ladies
quartte, of New York, was very much ap-
preciated by the large audience present.

Mrs. E. B. Bierman on her return home
recently from Philadelphia, where she had
been visiting for a fortnight, had a very
pleasant surprise awaiting her. Durni»
her absence the President added a Chick"
ering piano to their pleasant home on the
Avenue.

THE COLLEGE FORUM.

Profs. Lehman and Deaner addressed
the Teachers' Institute at Lebanon during
its recent session.

M — Translating Livy — " ita pie hel-
ium indici posse." Thus the pie was able
to declare war.

Prof. — What is the cause of Mr. W.'s
illness ?

G. — He (e) fell down in the field (ager)
and it made him sick (aeger).

Every man I meet is my master in some
point, and in that I learn of him. — Emer-
son.

Miss Carrie Wise, of Harrisburg, and
I Miss Grace Light, were the guests of Miss
Strickler, '94, on the 6th inst.

Prof. J. E. Lehman and Miss Estella
Stehman, '96, were delegates to the Y. P.
C. II. Convention, held at Mountville, Pa.,
November 7th and 8th.

Messrs. S. F. Huber, '94, and Harvey
Runkle, spent Sunday the 5th in Leba-
non.

Mr. G. K. Hartman, '94, spent the 5th
and 6th at his home in Shiremanstown,
Pa.

Mr. H. D. Erb spent Sunday, the 5th
inst., at his home, Manheim, Pa.

Mr. Oscar Thompson, of Philadelphia,
on the 4th and 5th inst. visited Miss Al-
berts on.

Misses Flint and Sleichter were dele-
gates to the Y. W. C. A. convention at
Lancaster, 3d to 5th inst.

P. S. Eshleman, '94, visited friends at
Royersford, Pa., on the 5th inst.

Mrs. A. M. Garber, of Salunga, Pa.,
j paid a pleasant visit to her son on the
' 4th inst.

N. C. Schlichter, '97, spent Sunday,
19th, at Harrisburg, enjoying the hospi-
tality of Mr. A. H. Baldwin, 120 Broad
street.

A good suggestion. By its observance
| you will be wise :

"When you've got a thing to say,
Say it ! Don't take half a day
When your tale's got little in it,
Crowd the whole thing in a minute !
Life is short— a fleeting vapor —
Don't you fill the whole blank paper
With a tale, which, at a pinch,
Could he cornered in an inch !
Boil her down until she simmers ;
Polish her until she glimmers.
When you've got a thing to say,
Say it! Don't take half a day !"

F. D. Fagg in Young Men's Era.

Last words of John Brown, Charleston,
est Virginia, December, 1852:

"I, John Brown, am now quite certain
that the crimes of this guilty land will
never be purged away, but with blood.
I had, as I now think, vainly flattered
myself that without very much bloodshed
it might be done."

Our Exchanges.

We were beginning to think that the
stringency of the money market had a
very depressing influence on some of our
former exchanges. However, our fears
were not realized, and we are pleased to
see them again on our list of welcome
exchanges.

The Students' Ten is the well edited
monthly of California College.

The October number of The Ursinus
College Bulletin contains a full account of
the exercises during the installation of
Rev. Henry T. Spangler, A. M., as presi-
dent of the college.

The public schools of this country have
369,000 teachers and 13,000,000 pupils.

A beard becometh the college man as a
snow-storm the Fourth of July.

The Living-Stone mourns the death of
Rev. James C. Price, D. D., President of
Livingstone College. He was one of the
most eminent orators and scholars of the
colored race.

The Missionary Character of a College.

[From President Blerman's recent report to the
East Pennsylvania Conference.]
Here I might stop, as I believe I have
given you the required information, but
allow me now to add, by way of general
remarks, that the true work of a college
is largely of a missionary character — to
make men and women better; to elevate
human society 1 intellectually and spiritu-
ally ; so to educate in the arts and sciences
that when the graduate comes to enter
upon the practical duties of life, he may
have all the advantages of a deep, broad,
and liberal culture ; to discipline all of
man's powers in due proportion, and,
above all, to give that religious culture
and Christian training which form the
very fonndation of all true and noble
character.

It is generally admitted by those who
have given this subject thoughtful atten-
tion, that a college which is to accomplish
this kind of work must be under the
auspices and immediate direction of some
branch of the Christian church, in and

*18

THE COLLEGE FORUM.

by which it will exert a positive religious
influence over its students and the com-
munity which it is intended to reach.

Let me quote the opinions of some men
of note :

William Penn, the pious founder of our
State, in a preface to a work entitled
u Frame of Government," remarks, " That
which makes a good constitution must
keep it, nameW, wisdom and virtue —
qualities which, because they descend not
with worldly inheritance, must be care-
fully propagated by a virtuous education."
Within twenty years after the landing of
the Pilgrim Fathers, the corner-stone of
Harvard College was laid with psalm and
prayer by those who " dreaded to leave an
illiterate ministry to the churches when
their ministers should lie in the dust."
Clergymen and laymen vied with each
other in Christian liberality, and when
the Rev. John Harvard gave his four
thousand dollars, he secured for himself
what is to-day the most conspicuous
monument on the Western continent.

" We give these books for the founding
of a college in this colony," were the
words of ten ministers, Who, in the year
1T00, assembled in a village near New
Haven, Connecticut, while each of these
worthy pioneers deposited a few books on
a table around which they were sitting.
Such was the founding of Yale College.

Cotton Mather once declared that the
best thought which New England ever
had was the Christian college.

Princeton owes its origin to the same
profound conviction that an able, wise
and orthodox ministry could be provided
for the churches only through the Chris-
tian college.

Williams was given by the churches for
the churches, and no other motive could
have planted it among the bleak hills of
Northern Massachusetts.

A " charity fund " was the corner-stone
of Amherst. Said a speaker on the day
of its dedication : " This is an institution,
in some respects, like no other that ever
rose. It has been founded and must rise
by charity. And any man who shall
bring a beam or a rock, who shall lay a
stone or drive a nail, from the love of God
and the kingdom of Christ on earth, shall
not fail of his reward."

This same spirit of Christianity, let me
say, in due time laid the foundations of a
Dickinson, and a Lafayette, and a Frank-
lin and Marshall, and a Bucknell, and a

Pennsylvania, and' our own Lebanon
Valley. Now, let me ask, what have these
institutions given the Church and the
State in return ? I answer, Men ; men in
the best sense of the word ; men of pro-
found learning for the bench and the bar ;
men skilled in statecraft for our public
offices ; men of varied and extensive
knowledge for the medical field, and men
devotedly pious and thoroughly orthodox
for our pulpits. Blot out these divinely
established institutions, and where shall
God's people look for the defenders of the
Cross in the fierce intellectual contests of
the future ?

Lebanon Valley College was founded
that it might " promote sound learning
and deep piety in its students," and dur-
ing the twenty-six years of its existence
it has largely fulfilled this design. And
though it has fallen far short of what its
sanguine founders hoped for, particularly
in the way of financial support and the
number of students in attendance, it has
grown stronger year by year and taken
deeper root in the affections of the people,
every member of the conference, every
graduate and student of the College, every
friend of the institution, every member of
the United Brethren Church, should now
seriously ask himself the question, What
can I do to make this work a success?
How may I be instrumental in the hands
of God to promote this interest ? Stolid
indifference is no less an obstruction than
unkind opposition.

May God speed the day when the entire
membership of our Church in the East
shall awake to its ability and responsi-
bility in this all important interest.

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only $2.00 per 100 square feet. Makes a
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GUM-ELASTIC PAINT costs only 60 cents
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Color dark red. Will stop leaks in tin or iron
roofs that will last for years. TRY IT.

Send stamp for samples and full particulars.

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C $10 and $20, Genuine Confederate Bills
♦P^jonly five cents each; $50 and $100 bills
10 cents each ; 25c and 50c shinplasters 1"
cents each ; $1 and $2 bills 25 cents each. Sent
securely sealed on receipt of price. Address,
Chas. D. Bakkeb, 90 S. Forsyth St., At-
lanta, Ga.

THE COLLEGE FORUM.

CUMBERLAND VALLEY" KAILKOAD.

TIME TABLE— Oct. 1, 1893.

Down Tbains.

Lv. Winchester

" Martinsburg . ...

1 Hagerstown

" Greencastle

" Chambersburg .,

" Shippensburg

" Newville

" Carlisle

" Mechanicsburg..
Ar. Dillsburg

" Harrisburg

Philadelphia.,

New York

Baltimore

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Acc.

No.12

6 10

6 32
53

7 18
7 42

8 03

11 25
2 03
11 15
A. M.

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Exp

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A. M.

6 15

7 00

7 40

8 09
8 30

8 55

9 15
9 40

10 04

10 25

1 25
4 03
3 10
P. M.

Mr'g Day
Mail Exp

No. 4 No. 6

9 05
"956

10 30

1 25
4 03
3 10
P. M.

11 25

11 48

12 08
12 30
12 50

115
1 40

2 00

6 50
9 38
6 45

P. M.

Ev'g
Mail

No. 8

P. M.

2 30

3 20

4 10

4 36

5 00
5 30

5 51

6 17
6 43

7 05

11 15
3 50
10 40
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P. M.

3 20

4 50
710
736
8 00
816

8 53

9 20
9 43

10 05

A. M.

4 30
7 33
6 20
AM.

Additional trains will leave Carlisle daily except Sunday at
5:55 a. m., 7:68 a. m., 3:40 p. m., stopping at all intermediate
stations, arriving at Harrisburg at 6:40 a. m., 8:03 a. m., 4:30
p. m.

Evening Mail runs daily between Harrisburg and Cham
bersburg.

Up Trains.

Lv. Baltimore

" New York .. ..
" Philadelphia..

" Harrisburg.

" Dillsburg

" Mechanicsburg .

" Carlisle

" Newville

" Shippensburg....

" Chambersburg..

" Greencastle

" Hagerstown

" Martinsburg

Ar. Winchester

Win

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No. 1

No. 3

No. 5 No. 7

No.17

No. 9

P. M.

A. M.

a. sr.

A. M.

P. M.

p. sr.

11 40

'4 45

8 53

1120

2 15

4 23

8 00

12 15

9 00

200

2 06

11 20

4 30

8 50

11 50

2 20

4 30

A. M.

a. sr.

P. M.

p. sr.

P. M.

4 40

7 53

12 40

3 40

520

8 00

5 03

8 13

1 03

4 01

5 41

8 20

5 30

8 36

129

4 25

6 05

8 44

555

900

1 52

455

6 36

9 08

6 15

9 21

213

510

6 57

9 29

6 40

9 43

2 35

535

7 20

9 50

7 02

10 04

3 01

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10 12

725

10 27

3 25

6 18

10 35

9 30

11 12

7 02

11 00

12 00

7 50

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A. M.

p. sr.

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P. SI.

A. sr.

Additional trains will leave Harrisburg daily except Sunday
at 10:35 a. m.. 10:45 p. m., arriving at Carlisle at 11:20 a. m.,
11:30 p. m., stopping at all intermediate stations ; additional
train will leave Hagerstown at 8:00 a. m., arriving at 11:00
a. m., stopping at all intermediate stations.

Pullman PalaceSleepingCars between Hagerstown and New
York on Keystone Express and Night Express east, and on
Memphis Express and New Orleans Express west.

Pullman Sleeping Cars on Night Express and New Orleans
Express between Philadelphia and New Orleans.

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write to GEO. P. ROWELL & Co., No. 10 Spruce Street,
New York.

EVERY one in need of information on the subject of ad-
vertising will do well to obtain a copy of "Book for
Advertisers, 1 1 368 pages, price one dollar. Mailed, postage
Paid, on receipt of price. Contains a careful compilation from
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Pertaining to the business of advertising. Address ROW-
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la the title of the new 768 page work now in press,
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Useful to the lawyer as well as to all who have legal
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THE COLLEGE FORUM.

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Volume VI.

Number 10.

THE

College Forum.

DECEflBER, 1893.

. •*• CONTENTS : + .

PAGE

Editorials 81

Unjust Class Legislation 82, 83

Uncrowned Heroes 83-85

Financial Perplexities 85, 86

Church Council at Johnstown, Pa. . . . 86-88

r on by an L. V. C. Student 88

College Directory - . . . . 89

Philokosmian Literary Society 89

Clionian Literary Society 89

ersonals and Locals 89, 90

he Clionian Anniversary 90, 91

PAGE

Oratorical Exercises 91, 92

Public Rhetorical Exercises 92

Week of Prayer 92, 93

Book Reception 93

Pictures and Records of the Great Football

Teams 93

Wonderful Progress of the Press . . . . 93, 94

Prince Rupert's Drops 94

Proper Breathing Movements 94

Advertisements 94-96

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EDITORS.

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ASSOCIATE EDITORS.

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EfcitortaL

The Winter Term opens January 2,
1894.

Ex-President Kephart celebrated his
hina wedding on the 4th inst., from 3 to
o'clock, at his home in Lebanon, Pa.
'any friends extended congratulations.
The gifts w r ere very pretty and numerous.

With this issue Vol. VI is completed.
We rejoice that our friends have so gener-
ously patronized us, which patronage

ade our existence possible. Many of
our subscriptions expire with this issue,
and we hope all will renew and to add
many new acquaintances to our list. The
'orum wishes all a Merry Christmas and

appy New Year.

Too much can not be said in commen-
dation of the Clionian Literary Society for
phe royal reception given to their friends
on Thanksgiving evening. The parlor,
music room and dining hall presented the

appearance of a tropic garden. The very
air seemed to echo and re-echo a hearty
welcome from the wearers of the white
and gold. Even the edibles were tied with
their colors. There has been a goodly
number who were victims of the grippe,
but all recovered without experiencing
any serious results. Ladies, your generous
hospitality, good wishes and kindness will
ever be referred to with much pleasure.
Everything was distinctively Clionian.

We give the proceedings of the Educa-
tional meeting at Johnstown, Pa., in full.
We hope all who have not seen them in
the Telescope will read them thoroughly.
The suggestions are timely and indicate
that our church has at last awoke to a
realization of the condition of her colleges.
We await the letter from the Bishops with
great interest.

Football season is over, and an oppor-
tunity is given the public to pass judg-
ment upon the game whether it shquld be
prohibited as being grossly brutal or whe-
ther it conduces to the welfare of Student
life and makes those who engage in it
strong physically or physical wrecks.
Its devotees have only good to say of it,
while the public loudly demands its pro-
hibition. Legitimate college athletics are
what is demanded, but if the game and
the college which supports it are alike to
have public sanction there must be a re-
form in the game to remove the attendant
evils. Too many lives have been sacri-
ficed the past season, and too many of our
best sons have become wrecked physi-
cally for life. The game has been a very
costly luxury as played the past season.

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Unjust Class Legislation.

The discovery of gold in California
gave a sudden impulse to immigration to-
ward the Pacific coast. Miles of immi-
grant wagons crossed tkfc Rockies, jour-
neying to a land where it was supposed
fortunes were in store for all who
would grasp them.

The influx of immigration had increased
to such an extent that villages which for-
merly were composed of several cabins in
a few months became cities having a pop-
ulation of thousands. These cities were
chiefly situated upon the coast of the Pa-
cific, extending from Cape Flattery to the
southern part of California, and having as
their metropolis the beautiful city of San
Francisco, whose harbor was in every way
adapted to commerce, but on account of
the Chinese empire being closed to the
outside world, it was practically of no
value except for commerce with a few
islands.

The United States used strenuous ef-
forts to have China open her ports to
American vessels, and finally she suc-
ceeded, the result of which was the Bur-
lingame treaty in 1869. The tidings of
the treaty were heralded with great joy
from one part of the country to the other,
each American citizen rejoicing in the fact
that another great achievement for Amer-
ica would be recorded in the annals of
history.

The principal clause of the treaty is
that in which we as Americans recognize
the right of man to change his home and
allegiance, and that he shall be protected
by the laws of the country in which he
shall reside.

The treaty met with general approbation
until in 1880, the Americans originated an
idea that the Chinese laborers in this
country were too numerous, and accord-
ingly the Scott Exclusion Act was passed,
suspending the immigration of Chinese la-
bor, but providing that all Chinese laborers
now in this country shall be allowed to go
and come of their own free will and ac-
cord, and shall be accorded all the rights
and privileges which are accorded to citi
zeds of the most favored nation.

The Chinese never raised a voice in
dissension, but peaceably submitted to the
act, as they are acknowledged to be an in-
offensive, law-abiding and industrious
race, willing to undertake work refused
by the white man.

Although their costumes and manners

are dissimilar to ours, yet this should not
raise our enmity towards them. They
toil daily, wash and iron our apparel, till
our soil by their own ingenious methods
Of irrigation, and reap the fruits from our
massive vineyards for our benefit and en-
joyment. For this they receive a nominal
sum, and after having amassed a fortune
of several thousand dollars, return to their
native land.

They cannot vote, hence they become
the enemy of both political parties, and
are not caressed like the German or Irish-
man, but become the fuel of political pre-
judice. They do not conduct beer-saloons,
or beat their wives after returning home
from a carousal ; neither do they beg nor
steal, but honestly earn their rice, which
is their daily subsistence.

They are consistent believers in the
doctrines of Confuscius, but are not be-
lievers in that religion which is daily en-
deavoring to overthrow our public school
system and government.

The Chinese question has been more of
a political than a moral question. It was
used by both political parties in the cam-
paign of 1892, and to satisfy the demands
of the ignorant Thomas J. Geary, of Cali-
fornia, introduced into the House what is
termed the Geary law, which provides that
all Chinamen must register within one
year from date, and any Chinaman con-
victed of not being lawfully in this coun-
try shall be deported to China after being
imprisoned at hard labor for one year ; it
also requires him to procure from the
revenue collector a certificate of resi-
dence. Should he fail to procure said
certificate on account of sickness or some
other cause, his claim must be substanti-
ated by at least one white witness.

The act was passed the fifth of May,
1892, after receiving a fifteen minutes' de-
bate in the House.

Thus a law whose provisions are ob-
noxious, insulting and barbarous received
but little discussion, and passed upon our
Congressional records, being in direct
violation of the Buiiingame treaty and the
Scott Exclusion Act.

This law did not seem to satisfy the
demands of the prejudiced; accordingly)
immediately after the repeal of the silver
bill, a bill called the McCreary Act was
introduced and passed by the House
which provides that the time of registra-
tion be increased six months, that to
establish his identification he can use any

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creditable witness other than a Chinaman,
and that his photograph mnst be affixed
to the certificate and a duplicate retained
by the government.

Should we be surprised if such a law
would raise the indignation of China ?

We treat her rulers as we would the
chiefs of the Congo, forgetting that the
rulers of China are statesmen, gifted and
courteous. We require her subjects to
have a certificate, which lowers them to
the dogs of our cities, who are required to
have tags to save them from the pound-
man's cage, and if found without such
■certificate they will be imprisoned at hard
labor for one year, thus putting him on a
level with lowest thieves and criminals, and
clothing him in the stripes of the convict.

The number of American missionaries
in China to-day number about one thou-
sand ; these are all guarded by officers of
the Empire, placed there at the desire of
cur government, and if any loss is sus-
tained our government does not hesitate
to claim indemnity for said injury while at
the same time the Chinese in America are
left to be stoned and persecuted b}^ howl-
ing mobs without any protection from
cur government.

If this law is enacted our missionaries
cannot remain in China; they will be ex-
pelled from the country as it is but human
nature to give "tit for tat."

Thus the only true religion will be
trodden under foot and Buddhism and the
religion of Confuscius be established in
its stead.

Passing such an ignominious law we do
not try to convert the heathen in our
native land, but treat them as criminals,
and instead of raising them to a higher
state of civilization, deprive them of the
Christian religion which lies at the founda-
tion of all good government.

The prejudiced and ignorant would
advance the argument that numerous
Chinese came to this country in violation
cf the Act of 1880. It is a fact well as-
certained that not a single Chinaman
came direct from China to this country;
they all embarked at the port of "Victoria,
in the British province of Hong Kong,
and the Emperor of China has no more
jurisdiction over emigration from this
port than he has over emigration from
Liverpool.

Although our imports exceeds our ex-
ports, yet it is to our interest to have the
trade of the richest country in the world.

The protection of the American laborer
lies in the restriction of immigration, but
that is a poor and an unjust principle
which restricts one class and gives liberties
to another class equally as debased.

The law is defective, as it does not pro-
vide ways and means for its execution,
but simply imprisons a man without an
indictment by a grand jury and trial by a
jury. This is contra^ to international
law and belongs to the times when bar-
barians ruled this country.

America has violated the treaties and
not China ; she has not been true to the
pledges made a generation ago, and now
places the blame upon an inoffensive race.
Consider the question from |he idea of
right and wrong and fling race prej udice
and political gains to the winds, remem-
bering that the Golden Rule and the laws
of justice are applicable even among
nations.

We are a unit in expressing our hatred
toward Russia in her expulsion of the
Jews, but our mouths are sealed when we
are reminded of the fact that the same is
being done with the Chinese in our
country.

Let us maintain the equality of human
rights, that eveiy man is born free and
equal and is entitled to life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness, and declare that
issues reaching down into the very heart
of civilized government and involving
our national honor and prosperity are
not to be decided by such a frivola us de-
cree as the Geary Law.

W. H. Kreider, '94.

Uncrowned Heroes.

The world knows very little of its
greatest men. At first thought this state-
ment may seem misleading, but upon
more careful consideration it is known to
be only too true.

The heroes of the world not only in-
clude the kings and queens, who wear the
royal crowns, but many of their uncrowned
subjects, whose conduct in the quiet of
private life is more worthy of laurels than
the one whose head bears the insignia of
royalty.

The general and the captain are crowned
with honor by their titles, while there are
private soldiers whose deeds of daring
and braveiy are of such a character that
their names should be forever enrolled
upon the illustrious pages of fame and

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honor, but too frequently they are con-
signed to obscurity — " unwept, unhonored
and unsung."

"The hand that rocks the cradle moves
the world and " The Mother is queen of
the home," are expressions which are fre-
quently heard. True they are, but let us
remember that she is a queen without a
crown.

Heroic deeds are not always reserved for
the field of battle. There are some events
occurring in the quiet of every day life which
call forth more courage, resolution and
real true heroism than it does to face the
fire of the enemy. From the many in-
stances of noble, patriotic and chivalrous
devotion to all that is pure and right, we
would glean a few illustrations to show
the uncrowned heroes and heroines who
most willingly consider duty more than
life.

Among this number is William Jasper,
a youthful hero of the Revolution. When
Fort Moultrie was attacked in IT 76, deso-
lation and havoc cast a gloomy shadow
on all sides. Apparently the cause of
freedom was about to suffer. In the heat
of the struggle a cannon ball struck the
flagstaff, which held the emblem so sacred
to the heart of every loyal American and
bore it to the earth.

Shouts of victory arose from the enemy,
but the God who presides over the des-
tinies of nations decreed otherwise. Be-
fore the situation was fully realized Jas-
per leaped over the ramparts, seized the
ensign, already stained with blood, and,
placing it on his weapon, unfurled it to the
breeze, crying aloud, " Heaven save liberty
and my country."

We would riot forget to mention the
queens who do not wear a crown. His-
torians praise the sons, and confer signal
honor upon them, but the mothers are
almost ignored. They fail to realize the
fact that every department of human en-
ergy and excellence bears evidence to the
truth that whatever the mother is that will
the son be also. Some of these queens
were surrounded by the most adverse in-
fluences, yet, ever true to that noblest and
best gift of God to man— a mother's love

they struggled bravely onward until the

character of their sons was so firmly
molded and fashioned that the trials and
temptations of life could not overcome the
home influence.

Among this number of noble women
were the mothers of the Wesley s, Wash-

ington, Lincoln and Garfield. Garfield's
mother was a woman of executive ability r
perseverance, ambition, fortitude and in-
domitable courage. Early in life she was
left a widow with four small children.
She lived on a little farm, covered with
debt, in what was then almost a wilder-
ness. Working early and late, and de-
priving herself of proper food, she man-
aged to provide for her children. She
taught them temperance, love of liberty
and lo3 r alty to their country and to their
God. At her proposal a school-house was
erected, the widow herself giving the land
from her scanty acres. She lived to see
her children honored and respected by all
who knew them, and her youngest son
occupy the Presidential chair.

The cause of freedom had no nobler
friend than Wendell Phillips. His un-
crowned heroism deserves more than a
passing notice. He prepared himself for
law, but a good cause presented itself, so
he threw himself heart and soul into it.
Massachusetts was accustomed to bestow
honor upon her most gifted sons, and
there was scarcely a young man in Boston
whose social relations, education and per-
sonal character better fitted him for suc-
cess than Wendell Phillips. But he had
the courage and moral power to resist all
such ambitions or aspirations and devote-
himself to what he deemed a righteous
cause.

The crisis was reached when he saw
Garrison dragged through the streets, his
clothing almost torn from him and a rope-
around his waist. This roused him thor-
oughly, and he became an avowed Abo-
litionist. The cause was ably defended
by his brilliant oratorical powers. His
fidelity, no less than his eloquence, en-
deared him to his associates, and his
winning manners charmed all who met
him in social life. His warm words of
friendship and ceaseless deeds of charity
were quietly and wisely bestowed.

His home was a haven of refuge for the
unfortunate and friendless fugitives. By
public and private speech and through
the medium of the press he exerted a
powerful influence for the freedom of this
oppressed race. No American life offers
to future generations a nobler example of
unswerving fidelity to conscience and to
public duty; and no other American in
private life did as much as to make the
American flag the flag of hope for mankind.
His was truly the consecration of a life

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hidden with God and in sympathy with
man.

Thus we might cite you the names of
scores of men and women who are worthy
of the highest praise. They are earnest,
energetic, self-sacrificing men and always
loyal to the interests of truth and justice.
Men who would readily exclaim, " Millions
for defense, but not one cent for tribute,"
or " I am not worth purchasing, but such
as I am the King of Great Britain is not
rich enough to buy me." In short, men
a-nd women who conquered self— a greater
victory than that which is- gained on the
field of battle.

G. K. Hartman, '94.

Financial Perplexities.

The American College was born amid
poverty. Scarcely had our Pilgrim Fathers
set foot upon this fair land till they
planted Harvard College, and watered it
with prayerful tears. She grew up with
liberty and Christianity. Each in turn
strengthened the oiher. They endowed
Harvard with their riches — that of pov-
erty, but true liberality. She was among
their first thoughts. They cherished her
as a child. Theirs was deep poverty. " One
brought a piece of cotton stuff, valued at
nine shillings; another a pewter pot of
some value; a third, a fruit dish or spoon,
and a large and small salt cellar."

Yale was founded by clergymen giving
from their private libraries forty volumes
that Protestant religion may be upheld.

Amherst was born of prayers and tears.
Friends in the vicinity furnished materials
and built the walls with their own hands.
Those at a distance sent money, or what-
ever they could spare that could be used
to support the institution.

Lebanon Valley, our own College, was
the result of prayer and love for Christ's
church. Amid the darkest surroundings,
a few consecrated men gave of their
means to plant a college, which would
save our children for the Church and pro-
mote true piet}\ Her history has been
one of struggle. Many sacrifices were
made which have been blessed of God.
How the students have given of their
muscle many of the students of former
years have repeatedly told. We need not
go back but to the time when the chapel
was frescoed to appreciate how hard stu-
dents have worked and how they sacrificed
in her behalf.

We might give the inception of other
colleges of our Church, but the history of
one is the history of all. All colleges
from their \evy beginning had financial
perplexities, and have them to-day. These
hoi}- men in planting the colleges have
consecrated their mites, and the Lord has
heard their prayers and most wonderfully
blessed their sacrifices. If our church
out of its munificence, would give a mite
our colleges would be free of debt and
be endowed in the next year.

It is thought ~by many that our oldest
institutions are so fully endowed and
equipped that they need have no more
solicitude about their finances. Notwith-
standing their millions of endowment the
expenditures exceed their receipts. So
serious had become the financial condition
of some of these colleges that suspension
had been seriously considered a few years
ago. Even during the past summer our
daily papers told us how the University
of Chicago was unable to pay her profes-
sors.

The old and heavily endowed colleges
charge a tuition that is three or four times
that of our own. If they, with their large
endowment, and over a $100 tuition per
year for each student, can not meet ex-
penses, how can we expect Lebanon Val-
ley College, with her meagre endowment
and small tuition, to do it. The same is
true of the other colleges of our Church.
It is unjust to expect them to do it. It
cannot be done. How the colleges get
along as well as they do is a profound
mystery. They surely have learned the
art of making bricks without straw. If
the same punishment is inflicted upon the
Church as was upon the oppressors of the
Israelites, woe be unto us. If we, as a
Church, say we have done all we could do
we are not truthful.

The financial question has been the
great question for old and young insti-
tutions. How to solve it is as difficult
to-day as in the past. A productive en-
dowment, sufficiently large to meet the
annual expenses will solve it, but how get
the endowment. The solution is as great
a difficulty as the difficulty. No institu-
tion can live without money. None can
become efficient without it; can maintain
those ideas which gave birth to them. If
they can't live, the inevitable must follow
— they will die. To die is not all, her re-
mains will be a reproach upon the
Church's liberalit} 1 - and an insult to God.

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the matter

The Church has not given
serious thought I am sure.

By some the perplexing finances are
thought to be due to mismanagement.
There may not have always been that
business-like scrutiny that should have
been. Mistakes have been made. We
all have made the same mistakes in our
own business. Why find fault with others
for doing the same thing we ourselves
did ? Let us be consistant and not ex-
cuse ourselves for not doing our duty to
our College.

Let us try to find the true cause of
these perplexities. It is a fact that no
higher institution receives sufficient tu-
ition to meet the legitimate expenses.
Debts will accrue rapidly unless this de-
ficit is met. Then is it any wonder that
our colleges are yearly accumulating
debts ? They can't do otherwise. This
question meets us as a church squarely,
and calls upon us to solve it honorably
and like Christian men. Will we do it ?
If not, the disgrace is inevitable.

Two solutions have been given. That
of suspending our colleges till we can
support them or endow them.

As to the first, if we are not able to
support them now, when will we be ? A
church that has millionaires and a large
membership that are in affluence and too
poor to support her colleges must be
poor indeed. From every quarter of our
Zion I hear no, a thousand times no. We
will never suspend. We have the money
to endow, but why don't we ? To do or
not to do it is to decide our future
destiny as a church. The church has
called the colleges into existence because
she needed them and could not live with-
out them. What would you think of a
mother who would leave her faithful child
to want and misery when she was sur-
rounded with abundance ? Is it not even
worse when that child has saved the
mother's life ? Such is what the college
did for the church. The church says we
ought to endow. Saying what we ought to
do, does not do it. Experience has
taught us that prayer opens up the way.
What prayer will not do, no other means
can accomplish. As prayer and works go
together, we should pray more for our
colleges, then we would talk more about
them and pay more towards their support
A more suitable time for the church to
petition a throne of Grace would be on
the Day of Prayer for colleges which will

be observed the last Thursday of January
next.

The colleges of our church can be
easily endowed if we will simply give as
we give to support the other interests of
the church. Let the whole church give,
and talk of our colleges from a sense of
church pride, and none of them will go
begging, but will be the pride of every
true United Brethren.

A Friend.

Church Council at Johnstown, Pa.

A special meeting of the bishops, gen-
eral officers, school men, ministers, and lay-
men of the Church met, at the call of
Bishop J. Weaver, at Johnstown, Pa., Nov.
28, 1893, in the United Brethren church.

There were present : Bishop Jonathan
Weaver, D. D. (bishop emeritus), of Day-
ton, Ohio ; Bishop E. B. Kephart, D. D. t
LL. D., of Baltimore, Maryland ; Bishop
N. Castle, D. D., of Elkhart, Ind.; Bishop
J. W. Hott, D. D., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa ;
T. J. Sanders, Ph. D., president of Otter-
bein University, Ohio; E. Benj. Bierman,
Ph. D., president of Lebanon Valley Col-
lege, Pennsylvania ; A. P. Funkhouser, A.
M., president of Western College, Iowa;
George P. Hott, A. M., principal of Shen-
andoah Institute, Virginia ; Rev. W. M.
Bell, general missionary secretary, Day-
ton, Ohio ; Rev. D. R. Miller, general man-
ager of Union Biblical Seminary, Dayton T
Ohio; Rev. C. W. Miller, general financial
agent of Otterbein University; L. W.
Stahl, presiding elder in Allegheny Con-
ference ; D. D. Lowery, presiding elder in
East Pennsylvania Conference; Mr. D.
W. Crider, York, Pa ; Mr. John Thomas,
Johnstown, Pa.; also a number of pas-
tors, among whom were L. F. John,
Johnstown, Pa. ; L. Keister, Wilkinsburg,
Pa.; W. R. Funk, Greensburg, Pa.; J. L.
Grimm, Otterbein Memorial Church, Balti-
more ; A. M. Long, Willmore, Pa. ; E. U.
Hoenshel, Tyrone, Pa.; 0. T. Stewart,.
Cambria, Pa'.; J. L. Lichliter, Moxham,
Pa.; J. H. Pershing, Coalport, Pa.; W. H.
Spangler, Johnstown, Pa.; W. William-
son, Canton, Ohio, and many others.

On motion of Bishop E. B. Kephart r
Bishop J. Weaver was made chairman.
After singing " Nearer My God to Thee,' r
Rev. D. R. Miller led in prayer. Geo. P.
Hott, of Dayton, Va., was chosen sec-
retary.

Bishop Weaver made remarks, advising

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retrenchment in the various interests of
the Church, emphasizing the needs of the
educational work.

On motion of Bishop J. W. Hott, all
members of the Church who came to par-
ticipate may be regarded as members of
the council.

A letter from President Brooke, of Le-
compton, Kan., was read, relative to the
educational work in Kansas ; also one
from Rev. T. D. Adams, general manager
of Western College, relative to the finances
of our colleges ; also one from Rev. M. S.
Drury, relative to the finances of Western
College ; also a lengthy paper from Kansas
as to the best interests of the Church as
related to the several conferences and
schools in that State. The letter was ad-
dressed to Bishop Kephart, president of
the general Board of Education, and was
signed by Revs. E. B. Slade, M. R. Myer
C. U. McKee, and M. Jennings.

Rev. C. W. Miller spoke of the many
doors open to the Church, insisting on the
fuller support of our educational institu-
tions by the wealthier portion of the
Church.

Bishop Kephart spoke of the need of
strengthening the educational work of the
Church.

Bishop Hott spoke of the importance
of learning how to get more money and
how to spend less money. He said busi-
ness men would not give money to meet
present debts until it is understood that
the expenditures of our schools will be
brought within their income.

Bishop N. Castle thought it not judi-
cious to multiply financial agents at
present ; that in the several school circles
general counsels should be held among
managers, ministers and laymen interested
in the several schools as to their particu-
lar management.

Bishop Weaver announced the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means : E. B. Kep-
hart, D. R. Miller, T. J. Sanders, A. P.
Funkhouser, W. M. Bell, John Thomas,
J. W. Hott, E. Benjamin Bierman, D. W.
C rider.

The time of meeting next was fixed at
8:30 a. m. A popular meeting was ordered
for the evening, which was addressed by
Bishops Castle and Hott, and by Presi-
dent Sanders. During the evening the
Committee of Ways and Means was in
session.

On motion, the meeting adjourned, with
the benediction by Bishop Castle.

SECOND DAY.

Morning Session.

Bishop Weaver called the house to
order at 9:15 a. m.

Rev. J. L. Grimm led the devotional
exercises.

The minutes were read and approved.

The Committee on Ways and Means
was called, and Rev. D. R. Miller read its
report.

On motion, the paper was considered
item by item.

A lengthy discussion followed. Pend-
ing the adoption of Item 4, the meeting
adjourned, to meet at 2:00 p. m. The
benediction was pronounced by Rev. Wm.
Williamson.

Afternoon Session.
Devotion led by President A. P. Funk-
houser.

The paper pending was read in full, and
Item 4 was adopted. It was further
amended and adopted.

Following is the report :

" Whereas, The educational work of
the Church is fundamental and vital; and,
Whereas, our attention as a denomination
has to a* large degree been concentrated
upon the superstructure, rather than the
foundation, until the foundation is greatly
weakened and in danger of being crushed ;
and, Whereas, the General Conference, in
its last session, as touching the great
needs of our educational institutions, ex-
pressed itself in the following language :
namely, " In view of the urgent financial
needs of our institutions of learning
throughout the Church, the General Con-
ference recommends that the quadrennium
of 1893-1897 be devoted to a special effort
on the part of the authorities and patrons
to free these institutions from debt, and
secure for them a complete endowment
and equipment, and that the bishops give
special aid to the endeavor by solicita-
tion, public addre'sses and writing and,
Whereas, this meeting is called, in har-
mony with the aforesaid action, to organize
and take the initiatory steps ; therefore,
be it

"Resolved, 1. That the bishops recom-
mend and authorize, at the earliest practi-
cal moment, a meeting at the seat of the
institutions especially in need, or other
more convenient place, of the friends in
the cooperating territory, who shall thus
seek to provide for speedy and permanent
relief of such institutions.

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" 2. That the Board of Bishops author-
ize the observance of a day to be known
as Educational Day ; that the day be the
date of the founding of the first institu-
tion, April 26, or some other day which
may suit the convenience of the several
institutions of learning, and earnestby re-
quest that the editors of our several peri-
odicals begin at once to write editorially
on the important work and day, and open
their columns, and solicit others for a full
and free setting forth of the value of our
educational work and its relation to the
Church, and the paramount need of finan-
cial aid ; that the day be observed in these
institutions as those in authorit}' - may
direct ; and that each minister in charge
of work, aided by the bishops and other
general church officers, college presidents,
professors and others, on the Sundays
immediately before and after said day, so
as to use the speakers twice, present the
cause of education to our people, and so-
licit a sum that shall aggregate fifty cents
per capita of our membership, and the
amount thus obtained may be credited on
the conference assessment, where such has
been made for the respective institutions.

" 3. That all pastors be most Earnestly
requested to present the claims of Union
Biblical Seminary at the earliest favorable
opportunity, and cease not until the full
amount assessed therefor to their respec-
tive charges is secured ; and that the pre-
siding elders be urged to see that Seminary
assessments receive their full share of
attention ; and that in public meetings
provided for above the bishops and those
conducting them, in connection with their
appeals for the colleges, call attention to
the work and needs of the Seminary, and
urge our people by special donations and
otherwise to aid the general manager and
soliciting agents in their effort to place
this institution upon a very solid financial
basis.

" 4. That our institutions of learning be
relieved of their present embarrassing in-
debtedness during this quadrennium, we
recommend that the bishops in an address
to the Church request our people to unite
in a hearty financial support of these insti-
tutions during the quadrennium, as the
essential work of the period, and that the
strengthening and maintenance of what
we have is the dut}^ of the hour ; and that
we most earnestly request all our institu-
tions of learning in the future to live
strictly within the limits of their income.

" 5. That we most heartily approve of
the efforts now being made by our various
institutions of learning, as represented in
this council, to meet their entire indebted-
ness." ,

Secretary Bell offered the following,
which was adopted :

" Whereas, Our missionary society is
now giving assistance to our home missions
in not less than twent3^-seven of our con-
ferences ; and, Whereas, Our mission in
Africa is promising great fruitfulness,
and other foreign fields invite our labors ;
and, Whereas, Our General Conference
has called upon the Church to make con-
tributions to the cause of missions to the
amount of one hundred thousand dollars
per 3'ear; and, Whereas, Many of our
conferences have already placed their as-
sessments on the one hundred thousand
dollar line ; therefore,

" Resolved, That we highly appreciate
the action of our conferences in making
said assessments, and the consecration of
our ministers and people in their earnest
efforts to reach this much desired goal."

The secretary was instructed to publish
the minutes in the Religious Telescope.

It was suggested that the bishops pre-
pare an address to the Church, to be pub-
lished in pamphlet form.

The meeting then adjourned with the
benediction b}*- Bishop Weaver.

The meeting made most careful inquiry
into the management of the educational
institutions of the Church, and sends out
its recommendations with the earnest
prayer that the Church throughout its
borders may consecrate itself as never
before to the cause of Christ in this work.

Geo. P. Hott, Secretary.

Won by an L. T. C. Student.

The Powers Bro.'s, manufacturers of
the Chautauqua desk, presented Mr. Samuel
F. Huber, '94, a gold watch, of a most
handsome design, as the first prize won
for securing the largest number of orders
for the desk during the past summer vaca-
tion. As there were between three and
four hundred agents in the field, made up
largely of students from various colleges
of our country, the honor conferred upon
an L. Y. C. student is all the greater and
bespeaks well for Mr. Huber's ability.

Subscribe for the College Fob,™, and
get 3*our friends to subscribe.

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College Directory.
Faculty.

E. BENJ. BIERMAN, A. M., Ph. D.,

PRESIDENT,

CARRIE M. FLINT,
Professor of Instrumental Music.
GERTRUDE ALBERTSON.
Professor of Harmony and Fine Art.
HARVEY D. MILLER, B. S.,
Teacher of the Violin.

Literary Societies.

CLIONIAN.
Miss ANNA E. WILSON, President.
Miss ELLA PENNYPACKER, Secretary.
KAL OZETEA N;
SHERIDAN GARMAN, President.
GEO. A. L. KINDT, Secretary.
PHILOKOSMIAN.
D. S. ESHLEMAN, President.
GEO. H. STEIN, Secretary.
Y. M. C. A.
GEO. K. HARTMAN, President.
HARRY W. MAYER, Secretary.
Y. W. G. A.
Miss MAGGIE STRICKLER, President.
Miss ESTELLA STEHMAN, Secretary.

Philokosmian Literary Society.

Esse Quam Videri.

We have now approached the end of
another term's work, and no doubt all of
us are thinking of the manner in which
our brief vacation days shall be spent.
The last session of the society was held
on the evening of the 15th inst. An in-
teresting and well-prepared programme
was rendered which all enjoyed, especially
so, by reason of the fact that our meetings
have suffered continual interruptions for a
number of weeks past.

G. K. Hartman has been ill for some
time. His father called to see him on the

11th inst., and two days later he left
school for his home. We hope that his
health may be speedily restored, and that
he may be able to pursue his studies at
the opening of next term.

S. F. Huber spent his Thanksgiving va-
cation, canvassing in Carbon and Luzerne
counties. He reports that strikers were
making things lively in that section of the
country.

C. H. Sleichter, H. W. Crider and S. H.
Stein, ex-members of the society, attended
the anniversary exercises of the Clionian
Literal Society on Thanksgiving Eve.

S. P. Backastoe has also given us a call
recently.

At our recent election the following
officers were chosen : President, J. H.
Maysilles ; Vice-President, J. Yoe ; Re-
cording Secretary, J. R. Wallace ; Cor-
responding Secretary, C. B. Wingerd ;
Organist, Howard Henry ; Critic, O. E.
Good ; Chaplain, I. E. Albert ; Treasurer,
W. E. Heilman ; Editor, D. S. Eshleman ;
Janitor, Geo. Wallace.

Clionian Literary Society.

Virtute et Fide.

Owing to various inconveniences the
society has had no literal programme for
several weeks, but expect to again resume
their former line of work and hope to
derive great benefits therefrom.

Miss Flint, who has been confined to
her bed for several days on account of
sickness, is able to be about again. Dur-
ing her illness, Misses Albertson and
Loose took charge of her pupils.

The name of Miss Emma Gingrich was
lately added to our list of members.

Miss Myra Albertson, Atlantic City,
spent Thanksgiving with her sister.

Miss Klinedinst enjoyed a visit from
her mother and Mrs. Strayer, of York.

Misses Grace and Virgie Light, Leb-
anan, visited Miss Strickler, 30th ult.

Among the former Clionians who visited
us over Thanksgiving were Misses Burt-
ner, '91, Roop, '92, Stehman, '93.

We are always glad to welcome our
friends and to feel that they are interested
in our work here. May we receive many
more such visits in the future.

Personals and Locals.

Miss Myra Albertson, of Alantic City,
N. J., spent Thanksgiving with her sister.

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Mr. G. K. Hartman, '94, had been con-
fined to his room with a severe cold the
first week of the month.

The humorous lecture by Walter Pel-
ham on the 1st was excellent. He is
without a rival in his facial expressions.
"Whether willing or not, you could not re-
frain from laughter. His representation
of Artemus Ward was perfect.

President Bierman was summoned to
the bed-side of his father on the 4th inst.
He has recovered sufficiently to be out of
danger.

The following ex-Clio's were in town
over Thanksgiving : Misses Clara Baca-
stow, Nettie Swartz, Laura Reider, Min-
nie Burtner, Elvire Stehman, Delia Roop,
Anna Gensemer.

Rev. J. M. Mumraa, agent of the Col-
lege, occupied the U. B. pulpit on Sunday,
December 10th, morning and evening.

A number of students and people of
Annville availed themselves of the privi-
lege of hearing Bishop Kephart's lecture
on " What I saw at Pompeii and on Mt.
Vesuvius, " on Thursday evening, the Tth
inst, in the Memorial U. B. church at
Lebanon.

S. F. Huber. returned on Fridaj', the
8th, from a business trip to Wilkes-Barre
and Mauch Chunk.

Rev. A. A. De Larme, of Norristown,
Pa., visited friends at the College on
Monday, the 11th inst.

Among our many friends we were
pleased to see Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Zear-
ing, of Shiremanstown, Pa., on Thanks-
giving.

Harry Boyer has very creditably filled
the pulpit of the U. B. Church at Swatara
for several Sundays.

As we go to press we look forward to a
pleasant time at the Chocolataire to be
given by the ladies on Saturday evening,
December 16th.

A large number of the students have
lately been attacked by La Grippe.

Horace W. Crider and Charles Sleichter
were visiting W. H. Kreider over Thanks-
giving.

The Clioniaii Anniversary.

On Wednesday afternoon already any
casual observer could notice that some-
thing out of the ordinary school routine
was taking place at the College. All day
Thursday (Thanksgiving) the young ladies
seemed busy in making preparations for
the one event of the year, to them as a

society, namely, their twentieth anniver-
sary.

At an early hour on Thursday evening
the chapel of the College was well filled
with ex-members of the society and friends
of the young ladies. All were eager for
the exercises of the evening to begin and
promptly at the appointed time the bril-
liant piano quartette, " Siege de Corinth,"'
was well played by Misses Loose, Saylor,
Pennypacker and Stehman. This suc-
ceeded in arresting the attention of every
one and was a good beginning for the
evening's entertainment.

The President, Miss Wilson, then fol-
lowed with an address of welcome in
which she spoke of the inspiration given,
to the Clios on these anniversarj^ occa-
sions by the presence of so manj^ friends
who feel an interest in the success of the
society in general, as well as of each mem-
ber individually.

Then followed the invocation by Rev.
H. B. Spayd, after which Miss Flint, the
music teacher, rendered two very charm-
ing vocal selections. The first one a
" Lullaby," soft and subdued, and the
second a very bright song, "Down the
Shadowed Lane She Goes." The contrast
in these two selections only served to
bring out the beauty in each, and the ap-
plause which greeted her showed that her
singing was appreciated by the audience.

Miss Mabel Saylor then discussed, in
an essay, " The Perplexity of Nature,"'
in an able and instructive manner. She
convinced us that even in the natural
world there is no death, but only trans-
formation.

The beautiful instrumental solo, "Whis-
pering Winds," by Wollenhaupt, was ren-
dered by Miss Ida Bowman. Her deli-
cate touch and the expression given to
the solo were very much admired.

Then came the recitation — " Ginevra " —
by Miss Albertson, the teacher of art and
elocution. To say that this was well,
given would be expressing it mildly. All
who heard her could well see that she
understands her art and the power of
execution as well.

Miss Anna Wilson then sang a selection
from Gomes' Opera — " Salvator Rosa."'
Miss Wilson's high notes were especially
well clone.

The Society motto— " Virtute et Fide"—
was ably discussed by Miss Maggie
Strickler. She showed that while fidelity
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fidelity between man and God is a greater
necessity, and proved that to reasonable
beings infidelity to God is impossible if
they allow themselves to be governed by
the reasoning powers given them by their
Creator.

Miss Mellie Fortenbangh followed, in
her very brilliant manner, with an instru-
mental solo, after which the future of each
member was predicted in a humorous man-
ner by Miss Bowman, and the programme
was completed with the singing of the
Clionian Song by the Society. The words
of this song were composed by Miss
Sleichter, and were set to that favorite air
" Rosalie."

• After the rendering of the programme
a reception was held in the Ladies' Hall
from nine to eleven o'clock. This was
attended by a great number of people and
all were pleasantly entertained by the
young ladies, who looked most charming
in their light evening dresses.

The dining room had been changed
into a reception room and was decorated
with the society colors, white and gold,
with palms and potted plants, and pre-
sented a very pretty appearance.

Refreshments were served in the music
room by Miss Albertson and Miss Bow-
man, and consisted of grapes, cakes and
cocoa.

The evening was spent in conversation
and many said this twentieth anniversary
was one of the most successful ever held
by the Clios.

Oratorical Exercises.

The members of the Senior Class of the
College gave their first public exercise for
the present year on Saturday evening last,
November 25, and we are gratified to say
that the unanimous opinion of those
present was that each performer did him-
self and the class credit. The music pre-
pared for the occasion by Miss Flint was
of a high order. Promptly at half-past
seven o'clock President Bierman wel-
comed the audience present in a few ap-
propriate words after which the Rev.
Mr. Spiyd of the TJ. B. Church led in
prayer.

Mr. D. S. Eshleman was the first speaker.
He had chosen for his subject " The South
American Problem," and in its discussion
gave evidence that he had been reading
the current of events of the past months
to some purpose. He took the position

that now was the opportune time for our
own government to interfere and direct
the turbulent forces in Brazil to the in-
terest of civilization and God's cause and
enforced his position by a clear and logical
argument.

Miss Anna E. Wilson discussed in a
modest but very interesting and instruc-
tive manner the subject of " Woman in
Histo^." Referred to Mary, the mother
of our Saviour, Queen Esther, and Queen
Victoria of our day, as women who by de-
votion to duty and high character won a
place in history. Her voice is clear and
sweet and her singing afterwards was
much admired.

Mr. George A. L. Kindt briefly reviewed
the history of "The Crusades." While some
contend that the ends attained by these
cruel wars do not justify the barbarity
practiced during their prosecution it is
claimed by most historians now that the
ultimate results promoted free thought,
the liberty of the enslaved and the spread
of general intelligence. The speaker by
his incisive sentences held the attention
of the audience to the end.

Miss Maggie Strickler followed with an
interesting discussion on " Woman in
Modern Society." The advance of the
American people in intelligence and the
practice of the principles of the Christian
religion has brought woman to the front
in many of the reformatory measures of
the day, and right royally does she hold
her position and discharge her every duty.
The speaker did unusually well on this
occasion.

Mr. George K. Hartman delivered an
excellent oration on "Uncrowned Heroes."
The world knows very little of its real
heroes. The many noble deeds of charity,
good-will, disinterested devotion and loy-
alty in private life find no one to herald
them abroad and weave crowns for de-
serving heads. The faithful teacher, the
devoted mother, the loyal citizen and con-
stant friend were in turn discussed and
their merits elucidated. The speaker won
favor with the attentive audience as he
progressed in his argument.

Mr. James F. Zug had for his subject
" Politics as a Career," and in its discus-
sion had no flattering words for the as-
pirant in politics who trims his sail to
every wind of popular sentiment. The
man whom the office seeks will as a rule
serve his country best and win a useful
career; the office seeker may never have

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a career. The address was well arranged,
well delivered and well received.

Mr. William H. Kreider ably discussed
" Unjust Class Legislation." The subject
was in the line of the speaker's taste and
thinking, and consequently won the atten-
tion of the audience and evoked some of
his best elements as a speaker. The inde-
fensible position of our own country
towards the Chinaman received special
attention and criticism. This great nation
cannot afford to engage much longer in
the kind of legislation that has character-
ized that relating to citizens of the Empire
of the East.

Mr. Oscar E. Good had a very logical
and carefully prepared oration on " The
Fugitive Slave Law," and during its de-
livery held the undivided attention of the
audience. The history of the slave power
was reviewed, its unreasonable demands
discussed and the ultimate effect of the
law of 1850 upon the liberty loving people
of our land fully brought before the
hearer.

Mi\ Samuel F. Huber followed with an
eloquent and graphic description of " The
Assault on Sumner," and the consequent
uprising of the American people to crush
this hydra-headed monster — slavery — and
establish peace, virtue, liberty and inde-
pendence.

The preparation of these addresses in
most cases required considerable reading
and digesting of material, but the orators
had for their reward the attention of an
appreciative audience. — Annville Journal.

Public Rhetorical Exercises.

The first division of Prof. Deaner's
rhetorical class appeared in public in the
College chapel Saturday evening, Decem-
ber 9lh. Considering the inclemency of the
weather, the audience was large. Owing
to sickness several members of the division
were unable to perform. The music ren-
dered by Misses Albertson, Black, Forten-
baugh, Stehman and Pennypacker was of
an enjoyable nature, and was very much
appreciated by the audience and reflects
credit upon the music department of the
College.

The literary part of the programme con-
sisted of orations and essays, all of svhich
showed evidence of careful research, and
the delivery was in an oratical style which
reflects great credit upon the professor
and the class.

The first production was an essay by-
Miss Emily E. Loose, on "The Nine-
teenth Century." In her clear, impressive
style she reviewed the progress of science,
invention and civilization in the Nine-
teenth Century.

In his characteristic eloquent style J.
R. Wallace delivered an oration, the sub-
ject of which was " Made, not Bestowed,"
in which he cited many prominent charac-
ters in the world's history who had won
their way to fame and fortune by their
own unceasing efforts.

In the review of Lalla Rookh, Miss
Estella Stehman gave the story briefly,
and her comments of criticism showed a
careful study of the author.

Mr. I. G. Hoerner, in his oration on
" Political Cranks," portrayed the charac-
ter of the assassins of Abraham Lincoln,
Jas. A. Garfield, and the late Carter Har-
rison ; his timely comments on these
characters among others were much ap-
preciated by the audience.

The dissertation by J. H. Maysilles on
" The Man of the Town-Meeting," showed
a careful study of the life, character and
influence of Samuel Adams, and how
other great Americans did but defend the
Union that he helped to create; that his
name deserves to be placed second only
to Washington's, and that when our civil
institutions shall be traced to their true
genesis the Boston town-meeting will be
found to be the primordial cell ; and ex-
alted above all others whose transcendent
genius for politics held sway in this unit
of our government will appear the name of
Samuel Adams, " the man of the town-
meetinar."

Week of Prayer.

The Forum had gone to press last month
before our week of prayer closed. We were
thus unable to give an account of the
meetings, which may be of interest even
at this late date.

The meetings began with special services
at the U. B. Church on Sunday evening,
November 12, led by G. K. Hartman
and followed by impressive talks by the
following students :

"Our Local Work," J. H. Maysilles;
" Progress in Y. M. C. A. Work during
the Past Year," S. F. Huber; "Our
Young Men," D. S. Eshleman.

A quintette composed of Prof. J. E.
Lehman and Messrs. Eshleman, Beattie,

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Grood and Huber rendered some choice
elections of music, after which the pastor,
ev. Spayd, prenched a special sermon to
ung men.

The following were the topics and
aders for the week :

Monday, November 13, " Wrecked in
arch of Gold," Rev. C. J. Kephart.
Tuesday, November 14, "My House
d How to Build it," D. S. Eshleman.
Wednesday, November 15, "What is
ost Worth Seeking," Rev. H. B. Spayd.
Thursday, November 16, " Lord, I Will
Follow Thee, But— " Rev. W. H. Lewars.

Friday, November 17, " The Power of a
Guilty Conscience," G. K. Hartman.

Saturday, November 18," What Should
a Man Give in Exchange for His Life,"
Gar man.

Meetings were held during part of the
following week, led by President and
Mrs. Bierman, and S. F. Huber.

The meetings throughout were very
spiritual and well attended. Three pro-
fessed faith in Christ and a number of
others asked for the prayers of Christians,
any of the students who had apparently
own cold in the work were revived and
1 have been led to a closer walk with
hrist.

The Book Reception.

The book reception held by the Philo-
smian Literary Society in its hall on
riday evening, December 8th, was a suc-
ss, both from a financial and literal
ndpoint. A large number of valuable
ooks were received, and others have ar-
rived since the reception. Some friends
have sent for lists of books desired by
the society, which were gladly forwarded.
A large number of contributions came in
money, which added to the library fund
will help to increase the large number of
volumes already owned by the society.

An interesting literary programme was
rendered, mostly pertaining to libraries
[books, reading, etc. Among the pro-
Jductions was a dissertation by Prof*. J.
|A. McDermad, on " Reading," which was
classical and deserving great commenda-
tion.

Young Professor (playing tennis) —
"Score, thirty love." Young Lady—
"Pardon me, love thirty. You seem to
get your loves in the wrong place."
Young Prof, (sorrowfully) — " So I have
always found." — Exchange.

Pictures and Records of the Great Foot-
ball Teams.

The College Publishing Company, of
1122 Broadway, New York, has issued a
handsome booklet containing beautiful
half-tone group pictures of the 1893 Foot-
ball teams of Harvard, Princeton, Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania and Yale and statis-
tics and records of the individual plaj-ers.
The booklet also contains fine half-tone
plates of the Harvard and Yale 1893 crews
and the athletic teams of Columbia, Har-
vard, Princeton and Yale with statistics
and records for the year. The players in
the football groups are numbered so that
by reference to the text each one's name
can be ascertained. The pictures are
4x6^ inches, printed on heavy plate paper
6x9 inches, and altogether the booklet
makes a most delightful and interesting
souvenir of college athletics for the year
1893. It will be sent post-paid on receipt
of ten two-cent stamps.

The Wonderful Progress of the Press.

Some exceedinglv interesting and curi-
ous facts are made plain by a recent
compilation of the statistics of Ameri-
can newspapers and other periodicals.
The most striking point is the rapid
growth of such publications, notwithstand-
ing their previous enormous number and
circulation. In the past year the in-
crease in the United States and Canada,
in the number periodicals issued, was
1,613. This gain is more than nine per
cent., or fully three times as high as the
rate of increase in the population. And
the tendency of the times, nevertheless, in
the publication of newspapers and other
periodicals, as in nearly every industry,
is toward concentration in large concerns.
What makes the addition of 1,613 pub-
lications to the 17,760 already established
the more remarkable is the fact that, at the
lowest estimate of circulation, enough
periodicals are published to furnish a
monthly magazine in two families out of
every three in the two countries, a daily
paper to every second household, and
two weeklies to almost as many families
as there are in the United States and
British North America. The total num-
ber of single copies of periodicals issued
is large enough to give every man, woman
and child, from Mexico to the Arctic
ocean, more than sixty papers or maga-

zines in a year. The rapid swelling of
such figures shows an insatiable demand
for reading matter. The periodicals dis-
place nothing. More books are made and
sold than ever before, and more libraries
exist to make one copy do the work of
ten or a hundred. The age is hungry for
information, and it will not be satisfied
with any allowance of reading matter
yet reached or even approached. — Cleve-
land Leader and Herald.

Prince Rupert's Drops.

The most wondrous wonder of the
glassmaker's art is the result of a philo-
sophical experiment and is known to sci-
entists as " Prince Rupert's Drop." These
glass drops known by a Prince's name are
simply the drippings of molten glass pear
or tadpole shaped, there curious properties
being the result of their being suddenly
glazed and the pores covered by coming
in contact with water when at a white
heat. One of these " drops " can be re-
moved from the water and smartly ham-
mered upon the larger end without caus-
ing a fracture, but if the smaller end has
but the slightest atom clipped from its
surface the whole object instantly bursts
with explosive violence and disappears as
fine dust.

The theory of this phenomenon is that
its particles when in fusion are in a state
of repulsion, but upon being dropped in-
to the water its superfices are annealed
and the atoms return into the power of
each other's attraction ,the inner particles,
still in a state of repulsion, being confined
within their outward covering. — St. Louis
Republic

Proper Breathing Movements.

I think it is evident that the prorer
development and expansion of the
lungs by means of well regulated breath-
ing must be regarded as of the greatest
value in the prevention and in the treat-
ment of the inactive stages of pulmonary
consumption. The more simple the me-
thod the more effective and practical will
be the results which flow from it. Among
the many exercises which are recom-
mended for this purpose the following
movements are very valuable. The arms,
being used as levers, are swung backward
as far as possible on a level with the
shoulders during each inspiration and
brought together in front on the same level

during each expiration, or the hands are
brought together above the head while in-
spiring and gradually brought down along-
side the body while expiring. A deep
breath must be taken with each inspiration
and held until the arms are gradually
moved forward or downward, or longer in
order to make both methods fully opera-
tive.

Another very serviceable chest exercise
is to take a deep inspiration, and during
expiration in a loud voice count or sing as
loud as possible. A male person with a
good chest capacity can count up to 60 or
80, while in a female, even with good
lungs, this power is somewhat reduced.
Practice of this sort will slowly develop
the lungs, and the increased ability to
count longer is a measure of the improve-
ment going on within the chest. Or, again,
the taking of six or eight full and deep
breaths in succession every hour during
the da}', either while sitting at work or
while walking out in the open air, will
have a very beneficial effect. — Dr. Thomas
J. Mays in Century.

A little girl was sitting on her father's
lap. The child was beautiful, but the
father was extremely plain. The child
held a mirror in her hand, and ever and
anon glanced into it and then looked at
her father. At last she said, " Papa, did
God make me ?" " Yes," said the father.
"And did God make you too, papa ?"
"Yes, God made me too," said the father.
"Well," said the little girl, "he does bet-
ter work lately, don't he papa?" — Ex-
change.

ROOFING.

GUM-ELASTIC ROOFING FELT costs
only $2-00 per ioo square feet. Makes a
good roof for years and anyone can put it on.

GUM-ELASTIC PAINT costs only 6o cents
per gal. in bbl. lots, or $4.50 for 5-gal. tubs.
Color dark red. Will stop leaks in tin or iron
roofs that will last for years. TRY IT.

Send stamp for samples and full particulars.

GUM ELASTIC ROOFING CO.
39 and 41 W. Broadway, New York.

AGENTS WANTED.

$10 and $20, Genuine Confederate Bills
Jonly five cents each ; $50 and $100 bills
10 cents each ; 25c and 50c shinplasters 10
cents each ; $1 and $2 bills 25 cents each. Sent
securely sealed on receipt of price. Address,
Chas. D. Barker, 90 S. Forsyth St., At-
lanta, Ga.

THE COLLEGE FORUM.

CUMBERLAND VALLEY" RAILROAD.

TIMETABLE— Oct. 1, 1893.

Down Trains.

Lv. Winchester

" Martinsburg . ...

' Hagerstowii

" Greencastle

" Chamhersburg ..

" Shippensburg

" Newville

" Carlisle

Mechauicsburg..

Dillsburg

Harrisburg

Ar.

Philadelphia..

New York

Baltimore

C'bg
Acc.

6 10
6 32

6 53

7 18
7 42

8 03

11 25
2 03
11 15

Ky'e
Exp

Mr'g| Day
Mail Exp

No. 4 No. 6

A. M.

615
7 00

7 40

8 09
8 30

8 55

9 15
9 40

10 04

10 25

1 25
4 03
3 10
p. M.

1 25
4 03
3 10

11 25

11 48

12 08
12 30
12 50

1 15
1 40

2 00

6 50
9 38
6 45
P. M.

Ev'g
Mail

No. 8

P. M.

2 30

3 20

4 10

4 36

5 00
5 30

5 51

6 17
6 43

7 05

11 15
3 50
10 40
P. M.

3 20

4 50

7 10
736

8 00
8 16

8 53

9 20

10 05

A. M.

4 30
7 33
6 20

AM.

Additional trains will leave Carlisle daily except Sunday at
5:55 a. m., 7:68 a. m., 3:40 p. m., stopping at all intermediate
stations, arriving at Harrisburg at 6:40 a. m., 8:03 a. m., 4:30
p. m.

Evening Mail runs daily between Harrisburg and Cham
bersbujg.

Up Trains.

Lv. Baltimore

" New York.. ..
" Philadelphia..

" Harrisburg

" Dillsburg

" Mechanicsburg .

" Carlisle

" Newville

" Shippensburg ....

" Chambersburg..

" Greencastle

" Hagerstown

" Martinsburg

Ar. Winchester

Win

Me's

Hag

Ev'g

C'bg

N. O.

Acc.

Exp

Acc.

Mail

Acc.

Exp-

No. 1

No. 3

No. 5 No. 7

No.17

No. 9

P. M.

A. M.

P. M.

11 40

4 45

8 53

11 20

2 15

4 23

8 00

12 15

9 00

2 00

2 06

11 20

4 30

8 50

11 50

2 20

4 30

A. M.

P. M.

4 40

7 53

12 40

3 40

5 20

8 00

5 03

8 13

103

4 01

5 41

820

5 30

8 36

1 29

4 25

6 05

8 44

5 55

9 00

1 52

4 55

6 36

9 08

6 15

9 21

2 13

5 10

6 57

9 29

6 40

9 43

2 35

5 35

720

9 50

7 02

10 04

3 01

5 50

10 12

725

10 27

3 25

6 18

10 35

9 30

11 12

7 02

11 00

12 00

7 50

A. M.

P. M.

A. M.

Additional trains will leave Harrisburg daily except Sunday
at 10:35 a. m.. 10:45 p. m., arriving at Carlisle at 11:20 a. m.,
11:30 p. m., stopping at all intermediate stations ; additional
train will leave Hagerstown at 8:00 a. m.. arriving at 11:00
a. m., stopping at all i> termediate stations.

Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars between Hagerstown and New
York on Keystone Express and Night Express east, and on
Memphis Express and New Orleans Express west.

Pullman Sleeping Cars on Night Express and New Orleans
Express between Philadelphia and New Orleans.

IF you wish to advertise anything anywhere at any time,
write to GEO. P. ROWELL & Co., No. 10 Spruce Street,
New York.

EVERY one in need if information on the subject of ad-
vertising will do well to obtain a copy of "Book for
Advertisers, 1 ' 368 pages, price one dollar. Mailed, postage
paid, on receipt of price. Contains a careful compilation from
the American Newspaper Directory of all the best papers
and class journals; gives the circulation rating of every one,
and a good deal of information about rates and other matters
pertaining to the business of advertising. Address HOW-
ELL'S ADVERTISING BUREAU, 10 Spruce Street, New
York. .

"Everybody's Law Book,"

Is the title of the new 768 page work now in press,
prepared by J. Alexander Koones, L L. B., member
of the New York Bar.

It enables every man and woman to be their own
lawyer. It teaches what are your rights and how to
maintain them. When to begin a law suit and when
to shun one. It contains the useful information
every business man needs in every State in the Un-
ion. It contains business forms of every variety
useful to the lawyer as well as to all who have legal
business to transact.

Inclose two dollars for a copy, or inclose two-cent
postage stamp for a tanlwof contents and terms to
agents. Address BEN J. VV. HITCHCOCK, Pub-
lisher, 385 Sixth Avenue, New York.

W. F, BECKER. J. P. BRUGGER'

-~^-S-& TZECE

Eastern Book Store,

315 Market St., Harrisburg, Pa.
BOOKS AND STATION JEM Y,

Special Kates to Students.

WW Second-Hand School Books a Specialty.

WRITE FOK PRICES.

L. SAYLOR & SONS,

MANUFACTURERS OF

CARRIAGES,

LIGHT BUGGIES, PONY PHAETONS, ETC.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS.

Shops Opposite Eagle Hotel, ANNVILLE, PA

B. MARSHALL, M. D.,

No. 34 East Main Street,

ANNVILLE, PA.

ISAAC MANN & SON,

THE

LARGEST CLOTHIERS,

834 Cumberland Street,

LEBANON, PA.

THE BEST GOODS EOR THE LEAST MONEY.

R. McCAULY,

DAILY MEAT MARKET.

GOOD MEAT. LOW PRICES. ANNVILLE, FA..

OHN TRUMP,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKEB,

ANNVILLE, PA.

WS. SEABOLD,
. DEALER IN

Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery and Toilet Articles

No. 2 East Main St., Annville, Pa.

S. KENDIG,

BAKERY.

Next Door to Eagle Hotel, Annville, Pa.

J. KIEFER, M. D.,

Homeopathic physician and surgeon.

76 West Main St., Annville, Pa.

T\EXTER LIVERY AND BOARDING STABLE

RAILROAD ST., ANNVILLE, PA.

PROP'R

GOOD TEAMS AT REASONABLE BATES.

R. A. MAULFAIR,

THE COLLEGE FORUM.

"YyiLLIAM KIEBLER,

SHA VING AND HAIR DRESSING,

Eagle Hotel Barber Shop, Annville, Pa.

ADAM B. HESS,
OFFICE AT THE HOTEL EAGLE.
OMNIBUS TO ALL TRAINS.
ANNVILLE, PA.

JACOB SARGENT,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,

18 and 20 Main St., Annville, Pa.

RY GOODS, NOTIONS, GRO-
CERIES, BOOTS and SHOES,

—AND —

GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.

ANNVILLE, PA.

A C. M. HEISTER,

STATIONERY JOB PRINTER,

Visiting Cards a Specialty.

35 S. White Oak Street - - Annville, Pa.

WILLIAM WALTZ,
FASHIONABLE

HAIR CUTTING AND SHAVING SALOON,

West Main Street, Annville, Pa.
H. H. KREIDER. JXO. E. HE Kit.

KREIDER & CO.,
DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OP

Hard & Soft Coal, Grain, Seeds Salt & Feed.

Office : Railroad Street, near Depot,
Telephone Connection. AX.WILLE, PA.

THE BEST STOCK, THE LOWEST
PRICES IN

FURNITURE , j s e phT a mTTl e r • s .

ANNVILLE, PA.

M, H. SHAUD,

DEALER IN

Gold Watches and Jewelry,

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in

FINE CANDIES AND FRUITS.

Families and Entertainments Supplied with OYS
TERS AND CREAM. ANMglLLE. PA."

S. M. SHEIKS BAKERY,

HAS ALWAYS ON HAND

FRESH BREAD, CAKES AND ROLLS,

One Door West Penn'a House, Annville.
S. 23. WAGNER,

— ,>>■ Headquarters t or -v - —
GROCERIES, CONFECTIONERIES

OYSTERS, FRUITS AND NUTS.

Restaurant Attached. Meals at All Hours

12 West Main Street, Annville, Pa.

If yon wait to Buy a Hat rignt, and a right Hat, or anything m
Men's Furnishings,

GO TO

SUCCESSORS to RAITT & Co.,
Eighth and Cumberland Sts., Lebanon, Pa.

ANNVILLE, PA.,

Dealers in Dry Goods, Notions

and Ladies' Dress Goods.

Men's Suitings we make a Specialty. Home-made,
Ingrain and Brussels Carpets. You buy Cheaper
from us than away from home, and have a large
stock to select from.

TECE

U.B. MUTUAL AID SOCIETY

OF PENNSYLVANIA.

HOME OFFICE, LEBANON, PENNA.

Chartered by the State Legislature, March 11, 1809.
Positive amounts guaranteed and claims paid in
full.

Benefits of $1000 insurance secured for $S.' 1 0.
Reciprocal Circle Insurance,new and very popular.

Invested Assets $146,809.94

Contingent Assets 116,970.00

Assessment Basis 5,295,000.00

Death Losses Paid 6,774,123.01

THE J?TjA.N.

Age.

Ass't

Age.

Ass'mt

Age.

Ass'mt

1 01)

1 06

1 12

1 18

1 24

Age.

50
51

52
53
51
55
66

Assm't

1 30
1 40
1 59
1 60
1 70
1 80
1

This will entitle a member to a certificate of $1000
to be paid after death to the legal beneficiary, when-
ever such death may occur.

Reliable Agents Wanted Everywhere.

CHOICE BEEF, LAMB, VEAL, FORK AND
TONGUES at

Maulfair's Daily Meat Market,

ANNVILLE, PA.

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